Captains (b)log
19 Dec 2025
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) Thirty-six days at sea. Thirty-six spectacular sunsets. Thirty-six days of blistering heat, punctuated by sudden squalls and violent downpours, the shifting weather mimicking the wild swings between euphor…
Read article about Farewell in Palau
13 Nov 2025
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) Tanna The morning after we arrived at the remote island nation of Vanuatu (formerly called The New Hebrides), we awoke to a fine layer of volcanic ash covering the ship, evidence of Mount Yasur's frequent…
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25 Oct 2025
By Victoria Hardy (ship's cook) The Kingdom of Tonga We passed Tongan islands for days before we reached our destination, Neiafu, the capital of the Vava'u island group. Although the international dateline is technically after Tonga, the…
Read article about Crossing Into Tomorrow: Tonga and Fiji
24 May 2025
Two months ago, we opened the shipping container like a giant birthday gift. Inside it we found the wood from the trees our boatbuilder had cut down in Denmark, all the rigging from last summer’s project in Marstal, canvas for our new sa…
Read article about Brigantine Neptun sets sail