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Coming Home This Week

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Frank Taylor

We’re coming home! Tahina left North Carolina in November, 2009. And now after 45,000 nautical miles circumnavigating the Earth, some amazing adventures, a few trials and tribulations, fantastic wildlife encounters, making new wonderful friends, and building a gigantic library of … Continue reading →

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Photos from the Passage

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Frank Taylor

Since arriving in Grenada we have been recuperating some from the passage, and begun the process of cleaning up the boat. Not only from the long passage, but also because we have guests arriving in less than two weeks. My … Continue reading →

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Tahina Ends up Diverting to Namibia Unexpectedly

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Frank Taylor

We made it out of Simons Town as planned at 2 AM on Thursday. There were some contrary winds and seas as we went down to Cape Point, and we got an unexpected wave as we made the turn which … Continue reading →

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Preparations for Big Crossing and Delay

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Frank Taylor

We began on Thursday to do our final preparations to depart South Africa and sail across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean. We expect it to take over 30 days with a few days stop at St. Helena. Our route … Continue reading →

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Stopping at Knysna

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Frank Taylor

As mentioned in the previous post, we were having a wild ride down the south coast of South Africa. We left Richards Bay on Wednesday morning. The South African coast is notorious for being a challenge. After we “parked” the … Continue reading →

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The Wild Coast

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We left Richards Bay at dawn on Wednesday. We had a good run and passed Durban by 2:30 PM. A little later, the winds got lighter and we lost the Aghulas current advantage. During the night we only made about … Continue reading →

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Passage to Rodrigues Complete

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Frank Taylor

Yesterday we arrived safely at Rodrigues Island (part of Mauritius) after 2005 nautical miles of sailing and 11 days 2.5 hours from leaving Cocos. The picture here is as we sailed towards the island at a nice 11 knot speed … Continue reading →

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Crazy Sailing

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We had a couple of wild passages back in the Pacific Ocean in 2010/11. The beat to Hao to see the solar eclipse was one. And the 25 knot beat to Vanuatu was another. But, this many day trip across … Continue reading →

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Fish for Dinner and Weather Woes

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Frank Taylor

At the end of what we hope is our last day of light winds, on Thursday, we were motoring in calmer seas and sunny skies. Mid-afternoon our fishing rod went WHEEEEE. Karen reduced the throttle on the engine (to slow … Continue reading →

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Sunda Straight and Krakatoa

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Frank Taylor

We reached the southern tip of Sumatra where a ton of shipping activity flows between Java and Sumatra (the Sunda Straight). Some are ships going through the gap to or from the Indian Ocean to distant destinations. There were many … Continue reading →

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