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 inContinue reading “Sailing with family and friend in Sydney, at last!!”
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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 toContinue reading “Happy Days will go on!”
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 inContinue reading “We did it! Arrived in Australia. First to Coffs Harbour then on to Sydney”
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 toContinue reading “Our longest Crossing ever!!!”
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 chainContinue reading “Bora Bora”
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 theContinue reading “The Society Islands”
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 saidContinue reading “New Route for Happy Days.”
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.Continue reading “Hiva Oa, closing one chapter and opening another one.”
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 waterContinue reading “Australia we are coming”
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 changedContinue reading “the end of this journey!”
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