Tag: easter island
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Sailing to the Pitcairn Islands! – Ep. 74
It was with heavy hearts that we left our friends on Rapa Nui behind. But as soon as we got into our passage routine again, our excitement to see new locations started to grow quickly! Our next destination were the Pitcairn Islands, which include Ducie Atoll, Henderson Island, Oeno Atoll and, of course, the famous…
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Epic footage of Easter Island – Sailing Zingaro Ep. 73
Zingaro’s final installment of the adventures on Easter Island. Editing this footage brought us back so many memories. We absolutely will return to this magical place.
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The Monoliths of Easter Island – Ep. 72
We visit Ahu Tongariki: the largest Moai site of Easter Island. It has 15 moai lined up and includes the largest moai ever erected on the island.
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Diving Deep into the Beauty of Easter Island – Ep. 71
We start this story in the magical land of Anakena. This place has proven to be (and still holds the title) the best anchorage we’ve ever been to.
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A Day in the Life of Cruisers on Rapa Nui – Ep. 70
If you ever get the chance to go to Easter Island, please do. It was a magical place. A bit difficult to have a boat, but the people, the food, and the ambiance was amazing.
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Rapa Nui – A Difficult Island for Sailors | Ep. 69
The stories about this island were true: Little protection for sailboats and dangerous harbor entrances for dinghies make it a very difficult destination for cruisers.
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Arriving to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) – Ep. 68
Our passage from Ecuador to Easter Island: Three weeks on the Pacific Ocean, all by ourselves, we were fantasizing about a couple different things.
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Sailing to Easter Island (part 3) – Ep. 67
In this video we’re slowly but steadily making our way to the remote Easter Island, we’re dealing with the autopilot and the very moody weather underway.
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End of the Campaign – Beginning of a New Chapter
Our Kickstarter-Campaign was sucessfull! We are so close to going out there again and doing what we love.
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Sailing to Easter Island (pt. 2 ) | Sailing Zingaro Ep. 66
In this episode we find out exactly, what happens when you lose your autopilot 500nm out to sea on the way to the most remote inhabited island in the world.
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From Ecuador to Easter Island – Ep. 65
In this episode we provision and start our 2500 nautical mile sail. We leave Ecuador bound for Easter Island (Rapa Nui)!
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Hello from the Gambier Islands!
After Easter Island we spent 3 weeks going around the Pitcairn Island Group: Ducie – The most southern atoll in the world! Henderson – The most untouched by humans island in the world! Pitcairn – Home of the Bounty mutineers (and so welcoming). Oeno – The most beautiful, coolest, and northernmost atoll in the group.…
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Halfway from Easter Island to Pitcairn – Recent News
Halfway from Easter Island to Pitcairn: Broken spinnaker block @ 13Kts. Ripped a stanchion clean out. Using soft shackles from now on.
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Our dirtiest day on Easter Island
What started of as a harmless afternoon hike, soon became the dirtiest adventure of our lives. I didn’t look as bad as James, but I was just as dirty! Good thing we were able to wash off well. Thanks to our sponsor Spectra Watermakers <3 Our friend Valentina send us into the ‘Cave of Virgins’…
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We Made it to Rapa Nui!
We arrived in Hanga Roa Wednesday, March 27th, and needed to wait for the authorities to give us clearance to step foot on the island.
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Currently: We are Sailing to Easter Island
Departure: March 8, 2019 at 3 pm, Puerto López (Ecuador) Distance: 2,500 nm / 4,600 km March 12, 2019: autopilot problems :/ Half way: March 17, 2019 🙂 Estimated arrival: March 27 ⛵️ Find out our current position …
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Next Milestone: Watermaker installed!
Took me a few days. I’d say 16 hours to install and 4 hours to source parts. Now she’s done, she purrs, and she’s filling our tanks on SOLAR 6.1gph @ 12.6vdc.
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Beautiful Ecuador – the big surprise
Ecuador was by far the biggest surprise. We wanted to come down here just to jump of to French Polynesia, but we ended up extending our visas and staying for four months.
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Provisioning for Easter Island | Sailing Zingaro
Here’s a little peek into how we are provisioning for Easter Island. We are filling 10L/20L containers with rice, beans, quinoa, flour, lentils and popcorn.