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Demand Plastic-Free Packaging When You Shop – Help Our Ocean Environment

January 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert Swan Let’s change the world’s attitude toward plastic! Almost half of plastics are used just once and then thrown away. When we were provisioning for our latest Atlantic crossing in Europe, it was [read more]

Exploring Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai Volcanic Island Before the Eruption

January 15, 2022 // 2 Comments

2022 Update: When we had the privilege of exploring Hunga-Tonga, Hunga-Ha’apai before its destruction by the 2022 eruption. When we sailed there, it was an almost-new land form, having been formed by an earlier 2014 eruption. The erosion of waves and wind continued to change its form; the [read more]

Tenerife’s Thrilling Once-in-a-Decade Storm Surge

December 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

Once-a-Decade Waves Pound Huge Waves Pound Tenerife’s North Shore from sv Golden Glow on Vimeo. Tenerife’s North Shore from sv Golden Glow on [read more]

Swimming with Sharks – HUNDREDS of Sharks!

December 13, 2021 // 2 Comments

Fakarava seen from space Fakarava We sailed to Fakarava, which is the second largest – and one of the more populated – atolls in the Tuamotos (the other being Rangiroa). Fakarava’s lagoon is more than 30 miles long and unlike any other atoll we’ve visited, you can traverse [read more]

Tahitian Vanilla – from Farm to Table

December 3, 2020 // 6 Comments

This post shares what we learned about vanilla farming in French Polynesian and at the bottom has delicious recipes for cooking fish with vanilla sauces. Vanilla – Don’t Settle for less than The Real Thing Morita’s brother hard at work tending the vanilla vines Vanilla has been [read more]

Huon Reef – New Caledonia’s Gorgeous Nature Reserve Coral Atolls

October 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sailing from Vanuatu to Australia, you pass close to New Caledonia’s most northwest territory, which is the Huon Reefs. Together with the Merit and Guilbert reefs, Huon is one of the coral atolls that make up the d’Entrecastaux Barrier Reef Nature Reserve. The reefs are uninhabited [read more]

Tonga and Humpback Whales Await Tim

August 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Our hearts are filled with joy when we talk to our kids. Getting to spend time with them brims our happiness to overflowing. Usually we see them every couple months, but being in the South Pacific has been a challenge. We’re looking forward to Christmas/New Year’s with them in New [read more]

Fiji, the Soft Coral Capital of the World

May 30, 2020 // 1 Comment

Great White Wall in Bloom Best photos thanks to Rand Pipp (c) 2018 Fiji has some of the best dive sites on the planet, and we plan to enjoy many in the months we are here. Some, such as the Great White Wall and Rainbow Reef off Taveuni, are world famous. Others, like the undersea beauty we [read more]

Are Humpback Whales the Kindest and Most Thoughtful Ocean Creatures?

March 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

One of the great privileges and delights of our adventure is when we’ve encountered whales. All the ones we’ve been near have seemed intelligent and gentle. So when we saw this stunning video showing a humpback whale giving a seal a ride on its chest to shelter it from attacking orcas, [read more]

Feeling Exhausted by Politics? This Turtle Rescue Will Brighten Your Day

February 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s nice to see the occasional GOOD human being getting noticed for simply making the world a better place. This turtle rescue is uplifting. We swim beside turtles often here in the Caribbean, taking care not to invade their space. Thank goodness this kayaker was in this turtle’s space [read more]

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