Tag: south pacific
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Equator Crossing – Our Promise to Neptune (Ep. 55)
Zingaro’s sail from the Coco Island, entering the South Pacific and arriving to Ecuador – the big surprise.
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Sailing Your Catamaran Safely (Ep. 54)
This is an all-sailing episode! We go over how to sail safer, specifically on a catamaran.
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Solo Sailing Through the Tuamotus!
While Kim is visiting her family in Berlin, I am solo sailing through the Tuoamotus, looking for the coolest places to bring her back to. This archipelago is definitely one of the most beautiful areas of the world!
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Bonjour from Mangareva!
We had a chance to visit one of the outlying islands of the Gambiers: Isla Taravia. The coral here is amazing, but the really amazing thing is the size of the fish here!
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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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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.