photos of the passage across the Pacific

OK I ran out of battery yesterday and did not get to post these photos, but they go with the story about the passage across from Mexico.  Please read the previous post so you will know what you are looking at.  Many of these photos are of sunrises and sunsets.  I wish I could have gotten a photo of those amazing stars, but they just did not come out.  Hope you enjoy!

Fresh veggies stock piled under the table

Jade and Crew

Jade at San Jose del Cabo Spring Break

Morning Light at Cabo with Spring Breakers on Beach

Sunrise behind the boat

Masked Boobie

Sunset

Sophie on night watch

Squall coming

Big Seas

Avatar pushing off the bow wave

Big Seas again

Almost breaking wave behind us.  Lucky none ever broke on the boat.

Sophie using the curve of the hull as her pillow on the floor

Squalls ahead

Almost a green flash

The new moon finally back just after sunset

New moon happy face

Is that the Equator I see?!?

The Polywogs waiting for the equator.  Note the North by the Lat.

The new Shellbacks are smiling loudly.  Note the South now.

Bless us King Neptue for a safe passage.  Here's some Champagne just to make sure!

One of the prettiest sunsets of the trip

View of sunset under Avatar's boom

A rainbow falling from the sky

The clouds in this sunset really show the depth perception as the sun looks so close.

Jib poled out running Dead Down Wind (DDW)

Double Rainbow

Sailing toward the end of the rainbow!

Land Ho!!  that is Oa Huka our fist sight of land since Cabo, 23 days later

The green hills on Oa Huka

The big cliffs with rain above on Oa Huka

Baie Haavai

Mike with Champagne to Celebrate

Success after 28 years of dreaming Arrival in the South Pacific

Shelly and Sophie celebrate Mike's proposal

Oa Huka behind us in the glistening sun

The greeting party at Nuku Hiva

You have never seen water this blue in the ocean before

Dolphin jumping with joy

The green hills of Nuku Hiva

The white mineral cross marking the entrance to Taihoe Bay