30 days at sea!

Sorry guys that this hasn’t been updated. We ended up being at sea for 30 days! Way longer than expected.  The winds kept changing on us and we had to sail really east to be able to reach the Marquesas.  On the 4^th day it started pouring and didn’t stop till a week later. But the 7^th day it stopped for two hours and was really sunny. The pod of 20 dolphins came and joined us during that time and swam with the boat for an hour which isn’t very common. We stopped the boat and  got in the water to swim with them. A week later we were in the doldrums.  There wasn’t any wind for a few days so we just motored. The ocean looked like a huge lake and the sky reflected off it perfectly.

  On Sept 11 we finally reached the equator!! A huge accomplishment and headed into the southern hemisphere! The whole 30 days we pretty much slept ate read and sailed.  Finally saw our first landfall on Sept 16^th. We reached Eiao Island, which is the most northern island of the Marquesas chain. No one lives there but there is a nice cove to anchor in with a red beach! We went exploring and found a waterfall. Since its so small we decided to leave the next day to Nuku Hiva. It took us a little less than a day to get there.