Nic, Author at Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/author/nic/ Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:41:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.svruahatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-SVRuaHatu_Stamp-32x32.png Nic, Author at Sailing Rua Hatu https://www.svruahatu.com/author/nic/ 32 32 New Coast, New England https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/12/new-coast-new-england/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:41:07 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5685 Following our brief stay in Long Island Sound, we headed up to New England for the summer (and fall), stopping at Newport Rhode Island, various locations throughout Massachusetts and ultimately exploring the beautiful coastline of Maine. Though each of these locales are steeped in maritime heritage, they all had a unique flavor that made our …

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]]> Bermudiful https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/bermudiful/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/bermudiful/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5537 After over 3 years in the tropics, we finally headed north in search of cooler temperatures. We left St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands and aimed for the tiny archipelago of Bermuda situated in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Our short stay on the island was filled with unique flora, fauna, foods and …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/bermudiful/feed/ 0 Goodbye Puerto Rico, Hello Virgin Islands! https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/goodbye-puerto-rico-hello-virgin-islands/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/goodbye-puerto-rico-hello-virgin-islands/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5462 After over four months in Puerto Rico we were ready to move on to new cruising grounds. But the prime season for crossing to Bermuda was still a month away, so we island hopped to eastward to explore the beautiful waters of the US Virgin Islands (and dodge the cruise ships that visit there). Though …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2024/07/goodbye-puerto-rico-hello-virgin-islands/feed/ 0 Third time is the charm https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/12/third-time-is-the-charm/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/12/third-time-is-the-charm/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5339 After ten days of relaxing in Dominican Republic, and waiting out a tropical storm that caused the “largest rainfall event ever” on the island of Hispaniola, we finally receive clearance from the Dominican Armada (Navy) to depart for Puerto Rico. Just like the rest of our Caribbean journey, the winds wouldn’t exactly be in our …

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]]> https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/12/third-time-is-the-charm/feed/ 0 Against the Flow – Our Caribbean Crossing https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/12/against-the-flow-our-caribbean-crossing/ https://www.svruahatu.com/2023/12/against-the-flow-our-caribbean-crossing/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.svruahatu.com/?p=5314 We embark on a bouncy 800 nautical mile sail across the Caribbean Sea from Panama to the Dominican Republic with a quick stopover in Colombia to wait for better weather. After departing Puerto Obaldia, Panama, we headed northeast towards the northern tip of Colombia. The weather forecast looked promising as a small rotating weather pattern …

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