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Author: Renee Bushey

South Pacific Finale – Cruising the Society Islands

August 12, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyp: French Polynesia - Society Islands, Travel Log1 Comment on South Pacific Finale – Cruising the Society Islands

Following a pretty easy overnight sail we landed in Fare on Huahine, which is northwest of Tahiti.  Fare has a yacht club, a burger place with WiFi and a good grocery store, each of which was pretty exciting after being in…

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The Tuamotus: Storms, Sharks and Soirées on the atolls.

June 27, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyq: French Polynesia - Tuamotus, Travel Log9 Comments on The Tuamotus: Storms, Sharks and Soirées on the atolls.

We sailed by the Tuamotus during lockdown, going from Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas to Tahiti, but were not allowed to stop anywhere during the quarantine. With lockdown over, we were eager to head back. After waiting for a reasonable…

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Trapped in Paradise – French Polynesia during COVID

April 27, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyo: French Polynesia - Marquesas, p: French Polynesia - Society Islands, Travel Log16 Comments on Trapped in Paradise – French Polynesia during COVID

When we arrived in Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands on March 12, the world was in the midst of rapid change. French Polynesia includes about 800 nautical miles east to west with a hundred plus islands in 5 different…

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Pacific Passage – thank you, Neptune!

March 13, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyn: Pacific Crossing, o: French Polynesia - Marquesas, Passage Making, Travel Log3 Comments on Pacific Passage – thank you, Neptune!

Thank you, Neptune! Our pledge to him while crossing the equator must have worked. It was a fast, 15 and a half day dream passage! We mostly had 15 knots of wind on a broad reach. Most of the time…

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Panama to Galapogos Passage

February 17, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyl: Panama, m: Galapagos, Passage Making, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Panama to Galapogos Passage

Panama to San Cristobal, Galapagos, 840 nm, 5 days, 6 humans By Guest Bloggers – Beth Bushey and Elouise Reiff  Beth is Renee’s sister, who enjoyed some occasional day sailing and decided to take the leap to the blue waters…

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ABC’s – Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba

January 22, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyk: Caribbean, Travel LogLeave a Comment on ABC’s – Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba

After our holiday extravaganza through the Grenadine’s, we spent a little time regrouping in Bonaire. Bonaire is not overdeveloped with high rises everywhere like some of the Caribbean, but does have good restaurants, provisions and shops available.  Since the seventies,…

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Caribbean Holiday – St. Lucia to Bonaire

January 4, 2020November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyk: Caribbean, Passage Making, Travel Log1 Comment on Caribbean Holiday – St. Lucia to Bonaire

We had 9 souls aboard Verbena for the holidays! The Kohn family (Stephanie, Dave, Caleb (12) and Elio(10)) and Vera’s friend Ruby Flaherty joined from Boston for the winter break. We started with a win in Rodney Bay! At the…

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Canary Islands – Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

November 12, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyi: Canary Islands, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Canary Islands – Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

We were happy to be in warm sunny weather in Lanzarote after months of chilly Northern European weather. We landed first at Arrecife marina. We first noticed how all the boats we ocean going live aboads rather than day sailers.…

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Cascais, Portugal to Lanzarote, Canary Islands

October 23, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyh: Portugal, i: Canary Islands, Passage Making, Travel LogLeave a Comment on Cascais, Portugal to Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Guest post written by – Scott Dinhofer  Scott….Scott….. SCOTT!!! I was having a dream and one of the characters turned to me and started calling my name sharply. Turns out that on the boat outside of my dream, Renee was…

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Porto, Portugal

October 13, 2019November 20, 2020 Renee Busheyg: Spain, h: Portugal, Travel Log3 Comments on Porto, Portugal

From Baiona, Spain we started out motoring toward Portugal. Porto was about 60 nm south and forecast was for southerlies 10 to 15 knots going southwest. We started out motoring and were eventually able to sail on a close reach.…

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We are a Boston based family who took a year away to explore the world aboard an X-55 sailboat named Verbena. Here we chronicle our voyage. Subscribe for updates.

Fair Winds,

Bill, Renee, Vera & Ben

Recent Posts

  • Fast Sale – A Fitting Finish for our Verbena Adventure
  • South Pacific Finale – Cruising the Society Islands
  • The Tuamotus: Storms, Sharks and Soirées on the atolls.
  • “Nothing goes to windward like a 747” …and a Sevenstar freighter
  • Tahiti and Moorea as Restrictions Ease

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