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Samoa, Pronounced as two words Sa-moa was a fascinating island to say the least. So much to offer we surfed down waterfalls on our backsides, swum in freshwater tunnels that no one had reached the end of, had lunch on … Continue reading →

French Polynesia is a beautiful place where we celebrated some birthdays, visited a black pearl farm, swam with sharks, competed in the Tahiti pearl sailing regatta, meet up with our friends from Laisez Fair, lost Nick C overboard again and … Continue reading →

The trip from Galapagos to Hiva Oa in the Marquises was a fun trip covering 3066nm of ocean, taking us 18 days and 30mins. We farewelled friends, watched flying rays, saw whales, took part in a daily sked, had baking … Continue reading →

Panama to Galapagos – UFOS, Sharks, Banana Man and DJ Spinaka We left Balboa yacht club with a fully loaded boat, 380l of Diesel, 700l of water, 140 cans of soft drink, 6 weeks’ worth of food, 15kg of chocolate … Continue reading →

We spent the next 5 days provisioning and getting Charm Offensive and her crew, Nick Cowdrill and Damian Ryan ready to cross the Pacific Ocean. With 6 weeks’ worth of food, 750 litres of water, 360 litres of diesel and … Continue reading →

We had 7 people onboard and the excitement was high as we were about to cross through the famous Panama Canal. Our first lock was Gatun lock, Charm Offensive was raised 85ft through three lock systems to the Alligator infested … Continue reading →

In colon we stayed at a Marina called Shelter Bay opposite the actual city and only ventured into the main town once to be bombarded with undesirable people. Here we fareweled our backpackers and sadly Javier who had spent the … Continue reading →

What is the latest Irish invention? potatoes, Javier the baby killer and what an amazing place were just some of the conversations we had whilst in the San Blas. The Irish backpackers, Naomi and Colum were excellent; we had fun … Continue reading →

Crocodile, Turtle, history, beautiful women, and the dentist were just some of the components that made our Colombian experience so memorable. Javier got all excited about the price of the dentist and went on a motorbike ride for 2hrs to … Continue reading →

We had a quick stop in Jamaica, mainly to fill the water and Diesel tanks before heading towards Cartagena, Colombia.