While at Craobh, we saw that we were going to have a one day weather window before more bad weather was on the way. After reviewing possible destinations that we could hole up in bad weather, we decided to head to the island of Islay (pronounced EYE-lah), about a 48-mile-trip south. MJ and I spent […]
* The Island of Islay (Port Ellen & Bruichladdich) (August 11-13, 2024) Read More »
Mandal After leaving the music (wanted and not) of Lillisand, we motored to Mandal, a really nice town and marina at about as far south in Norway as you can get. We considered stopping in the bigger city of Kristiansand, but we weren’t sure of the bow-in with stern buoy technique used there. In Mandal
* Rounding Norway to Stavanger (June 30 – June 29, 2024) Read More »
We’ve been tracking our movements for a while now, but users would have to go the Garmin site to see the tracking map. Today we added a page to SailHokukea blog that has an embeded tracking map, without having to leave the blog. Click on “Map” on the menu at the top of any page
* New Feature – Satellite Tracking (June 9, 2024) Read More »
On Friday, MJ and I spread our wings and left the dock. We only motored a few hundred meters, docking at a new spot, but for us it felt like a significant event – we did it ourselves and suffered no damages. It kind of faded from our view though, when we were hit by
* Stretching Our Wings (May 14, 2024) Read More »