Sailing with family and friend in Sydney, at last!!
January 7,2022 After a few days in Pittwater we were free to move. The evaluation on the boat was done and papers were sorted, Happy Days is now officially Australian. It was perfect timing, because Happy Days had a very busy schedule planned for the school holidays, Christmas, New Year and few other adventures in…
Happy Days will go on!
April 12, 2022 It’s been some time and we are now back living on land. I’m back to work, still mostly from home. Cedric went to France for a few weeks to spend some time with his family. We have a new flat and Happy Days is spending most of the time alone, tied to…
We did it! Arrived in Australia. First to Coffs Harbour then on to Sydney
December 5,2021 After being granted exemption and finally being free to go, we spent a couple of fantastic days in Coffs Harbour. It was such a joy to be in the bay, protected in a secure harbour, while looking at the weather system out in the open sea with 8 to 10-meter waves just in…
Our longest Crossing ever!!!
Warning!! Lots of suspense in this blog THis is a long ride, take time and enjoy This has been our longest crossing ever!!! And will probably stay like this forever. I’m sure the pandemic has caused you to change and adapt in different ways. Well for us, we had to sail from French Polynesia to…
Bora Bora
October 24, 2021 We departed from Taha’a at 6:30 am, but our departure was met with some unexpected excitement. Overnight, a change in wind direction caused the anchor chain to become entangled around a coral head, which required us to spend some time carefully untangling the mess. Fortunately, we were able to free the chain…
The Society Islands
October 14, 2021 The latest COVID-19 outbreak has forced French Polynesia to implement restrictions, particularly in the Society Islands where the majority of the population resides. This has resulted in places like Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Moorea being hit hard. Tahiti alone is home to 70% of the country’s population, making the restrictions in the…
New Route for Happy Days.
From Marquesas to Australia in 100 days. October 2nd, 2021. Plans are set, the new route is for Happy Days to make plenty miles and get to Australia before December 1st when the hurricane season starts and December 24 in Sydney. This is basically what we told our nephew. When we first left, we said…
Hiva Oa, closing one chapter and opening another one.
September 14th, 2021 One full tour around the world. Hiva Oa is the point where the full tour closes. Here is where Cedric completed his first tour around the world sailing. Let me explain with a short sequence of events. Back in 2008 Cedric and Thira, a 36ft sloop left from Los Angeles, United States.…
Australia we are coming
August 20th, 2021 We left Happy Days safely in Hiva Oa, thinking we were not going to see it for a long time. We did so much work getting every thing clean and in place. I gave away all the food we had left to locals and other boats. We had to hibernate the water…
the end of this journey!
August 1st,2021 When we started this trip we had planned a year traveling from Barcelona, where we got Happy Days, to French Polynesia. In all the planning and scenarios we never consider a pandemic. And believe me as engineers, project manger we did consider a lot situations and risks. The whole world stopped and changed…
The wonders of Fatu Hiva after a tough crossing
July 28th, 2021 When you think 22 days at sea is the biggest, toughest crossing you have made in your life, think twice because maybe there are rougher passages even if they are shorter. I learned this the hard way! We left Gambier on July 6 at 9:20 in the morning. Sailing by the west…
Gambier Islands
July 15, 2021 You probably have not hear about this place before. I think even French people doesn’t know about Mangareva, Rikitea, Gambier Islands so let me quickly explain. French Polynesia is an overseas French territory it is comprised of 4 groups of Islands, 5 if you count Gambier as an extra group. The four…
Trans-Pacific – 2900 nm
May 10, 2021 This crossing is dedicated to my dad who passed away a couple of days prior to our departure. He was always there, supportive force behind our accomplishments. 2900 nautical miles was our goal, the distance from Puerto Villamil to Rikitea in straight line. At the end we did a total of 3100nm.…
Next stop French Polynesia
Now we are fully concentrating on the departure. We got our approval to enter French Polynesia, Gambier, Rikitea. I will be 3000nm, yes you are reading correct 3000nm. If you want to see where we are click here We have been a full 4 weeks in Galapagos and the place is truly amazing, I will…
Diving Darwin and Wolf
April 10, 2021 It all started when we went to Leon Dormido, a very famous diving site in San Cristobal. Our first experience, diving with Hammerhead Sharks. Have a look at the video below… but be aware, for sharks!! We did another couple of dives in San Cristobal at “Roca Ballena” which means Rock Whale,…
First glimpse of Galapagos
March 25,2021 We have been here only a week and I have lots of things to tell you. So far we have visited San Cristobal Island. The flora and fauna are really stunning. Species that are only in this island. Let’s start with some of the highlights. Sea Lions Sea lion is one of the most emblematic…
900 nautical miles
March 18, 2021 From Panama to Galapagos is 900nm approximately. Remember ? 1 nautical mile = 1.8km. Therefore, 1560km. It is quite a distance, equivalent of Paris – Gibraltar or Bogota – Dominican Republic… We had very light winds and also some days with no wind in the predictions. So we splitted the journey in…
Between two Oceans
March 6, 2021 Many years ago sailors had to go all the way down to Argentina to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. But nowadays there is the Panama Channel. The stories on the channel crossings are endless. Unfortunately, people tend to remember and share around all the bad stories. After listening to…
Nice ride from Colombia to Panama
February 17, 2021 We left Cartagena just before sunset, passing by the statue of Our Lady of el Carmen By the time we passed Boca Chica it was already dark. Happy Captain sailing out of the bay once again with full sails up. Just on the way out we got a radio call from a…
Colombia, even with COVID what a great place!!
February 12,2021 Since March when COVID started and destroyed everyone’s plans, Colombia as destination was in our minds all the time. We patiently waited until it finally open its sea borders in December and all efforts were compensated by seeing our family. Strange enough that they opened when COVID was still rising and we ended…
Happy Days is getting a coat!
December 22, 2020 Well time has come for Happy Days to get a new coat of paint! Boats normally need to be taken out of the water and get painted with fresh antifouling once a year. The antifouling is the paint that helps to keep all the small marine life getting attached to the boat.…
A very special guest
December 19,2020 My dad has always been very supportive of my projects even if sometimes they could sound a bit crazy. He grew up in Bogota at an altitude of 2600 m and has lived there for all his life, 74 and counting!! He had no interest in sailing until 2008 when I decided to…
Good Bye Bonaire. Where to next? Yes, Colombia!
December 6, 2020 On November 30th we were sailing with our friends from SV L’alchimiste when Francois told us about an announcement on facebook confirming that Colombian sea borders would open on 1st of December. With so many delays, I was very reluctant to believe it. It was just a post on the Cartagena Club…
Diver’s Paradise!!!
November 26, 2020 Bonaire is called the Divers paradise!!! Lots of divers from all over the globe come here. The island has all the facilities to receive divers by thousands. Most dive sites are clearly mark with a yellow buoy on the sea and if arriving from land, there is a yellow stone marking the…
Bonaire!!
November 6, 2020 With all the change of regulations and the opening and closure of different countries, it is now possible to visit Bonaire specially from Curacao. After almost a year with COVID around the world we have been very lucky not to catch it and never had the need to be tested. However, to…
Dive, kite, hike, eat, sleep, repeat!
November 1st, 2020 We are still waiting for Colombia to open its borders. The airport is open, the country is re-opening business and a lot of activities after a long 6 month lockdown. However, the maritime border is still closed. Latest news was they would open first of November but it did not happen. So…
Time flies when you are having fun!
October 15,2020 It’s already been a month since we landed in Curacao. We have been busy celebrating my birthday, repairing the things that broke during the Martinique-Curacao crossing, sharing time with some other sailors in the anchorage, a little bit of kitesurfing and the main activity of all diving, diving an more diving. Making repairs…
One more loop around the sun
September 14, 2020 At some point I thought my birthday was going to be in quarantine somewhere isolated. This 2020 with its coronavirus has turned everyone’s plans upside down. But, instead we managed to clear in, anchored in a nice safe place in Spanish Waters in Curacao. So the Capitan was confident in leaving Happy…
Finally we are in Curaçao!
We spend a couple of days in Klein Curaçao in a Chillaxing mode as my nephew would say, which means chilling out and relaxing!! Klein Curacao is a small island, 12 nautical miles from the Main island. It is almost inhabited with a couple of houses only for the locals to host one restaurant for…
Sailing from Martinique to Curacao
September 5,2020 It is always good to have a plan but one must be “agile”, ready to make changes. And even more so in this pandemic times. Our next destination was going to be Aruba. We have planned this at the end of May when we left Dominica. We even paid a deposit to go…
Is there anything else left to do in Martinique?
August 30, 2020 Well, after Killian left, the plan was to go straight to Aruba. Martinique is south but still not south enough to be safe from the hurricanes. But Aruba was not very clear in their entrance procedures. They are officially open and they are receiving flights and the rules for people arriving by…
Land, sea, wind, food and more in Martinique
July 31, 2020 Almost impossible to share all the things we did in the past two weeks when we had our nephew Killian visiting. But here are some of the highlights Landing in Martinique coming from France is a really easy trip that lots of people do normally in summer. It is not even considered…
Bienvenue a la Martinique!
July 20, 2020 The sail went very well from Antigua to Martinique. We arrived on July 14 at 12:50pm to Anse Mitan. As it was Bastille Day the place was greatly alive. We had not seen something like this in the entire trip. Not even before COVID back the in first week of March when…
Decision time where to go next
July 12, 2020 I know it is still July and we have been saying that by now we should definitely be more south. But guess what, we are still here. In fact, the official hurricane season starts on June 1st, most insurance will not cover anything on your boat if you are north of 10…
Antigua charming and empty beaches
June 30,2020 We are free to sail to different bays and islands which has been excellent. We have basically done the full tour of of the main island a couple of times by boat and land. We added some small islands and some underwater sightings. We are visiting a different version of Antigua. Normally at…
The quiet Barbuda…
June 24,2020 Antigua & Barbuda, but most people never make it to Barbuda. Ferry for a couple of hours with only a very sleepy town to visit, small flights which probably take 30mn or so, or a nice 6 to 8h sail north are your options to get there. Except for a couple of fantastic…
Antigua opening slowly to travellers
June 21, 2020 After being 3 months in Dominica, it is a great feeling to be able to travel and change scenery and have a bit more freedom. There is still a curfew here from 11pm to 5am everyday. Antigua claim to have a beach for everyday of the year. We don’t intend to stay…
Arrive in Antigua
June 9, 2020 Almost a 24hr sail. It was nice with light winds and full sails and couple of hours engine. Very comfortable, Happy Days is great. We had full moon and only saw two boats close by during the night. Normally, in this area at this time of the year there would have been…
Good Bye Dominica. Thank you!
June 8, 2020 Three full months… that’s the time we have been here. And fortunately, our balance of this three months with all that is happening in the world is very positive. We arrived in Roseau to an anchorage not that pretty and a city that didn’t look very welcoming. On the first night, after…
Exploring Dominica, less restrictions
May 5,2020 It seems that we have been here forever…. our plan was to stay here only 10 days and we have been here 10 weeks. But we can’t complain, Dominica managed really well the spread of Covid-19. Restrictions keep changing and getting more relaxed so we can move a little bit more and visit…
May the 4 be with you
2020-05-04 Today is the Capitan’s Bday, the original plan was to be in Colombia, just arriving a day or two before to be able to have the whole colombian family in Cartagena celebrating not only our arrival to Colombia but also one more year of the captain!! And of course, another couple of thousands miles…
April one more month in Dominica!
Abril 1, 2020 We are still in Dominica, same anchorage at Portsmouth. Who would have ever thought the world would have to stop. Almost every country on the planet is in quarantine!! The COVID-19 still spreading and each country has set in place more and more restrictions. Here in Dominica on April 6th the announcement…
Dominica – two more weeks!
March 17, 2020 News about COVID-19 are everywhere. Here in Dominica no cases have been detected, but things are changing rapidly. Some measures have been put in place.We heard all Cruise ships have been stoped. Normally, they have Cruise ships arriving in Roseau almost everyday this time of the year; we saw two different ones…
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Happy Days 
Hola, esperando anciosamente el siguiente episodio, Fotos, Momentos. Pendiente del siguiente puerto.
Abrazos.
P.s. yo quiero café
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