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Chapter 182: We sailed 9,866 nautical miles in 2025, now what?!?!?
2025 was a BIG year for Sailing Meraviglia! When we started out the year in Panama, we knew we had some big adventures ahead and we were not sure whether or not we would like them. SPOILER ALERT, we LOVED them. While the year had some tough moments, including the loss of one of…
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Chapter 163: Niue-A New Favorite!
Well, we finally made it out of French Polynesia! We caught a weather window and we took it! It was some sporty sailing, to be sure. We had a few days of winds between 22-27 knots and seas of 4-5 feet, so we were rocking and rolling! Sleeping was hard to come by and…
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Chapter 162: Goodbye to Meela and off to Niue!
Good evening from night watch on the Pacific! After two full weeks, we finally got a weather window to be able to leave Maupiha’a! While it was a beautiful place to be “stuck”, we were ready to move west. We had a final beach gathering with some other cruisers on Wednesday night and then…
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Chapter 161: Week 2 of a weather pause, sobering South Pacific sailing incidents, and flooding in Texas…
We are now into week two of our lovely visit to Maupihaʻa. This stunning atoll has been a great spot for natural beauty as well as protection from some nasty lows that have moved through the area. As we shared last week, our anchorage is on the uninhabited end of the atoll. There are…