I am solo- sailing the world with my cat, Mako! I've had a lifelong dream of sailing around the world since I was in middle school; after college I bought a 1993' Beneteau Oceanis 510. My first few years were spent gaining confidence in single-handling and fixing up my 30-year-old boat.. as of now I have crossed the Pacific ocean single-handed and continuing west! I appreciate you being here and please subscribe to join in on the adventures to come!
After completing the pass entry, Lauren reflects that the conditions were relatively flat, which made for a good first experience. The key takeaway is that if the waves had been bigger, waiting for them to settle would have been the right c
As Lauren Landers Sailing closed within range of the atoll, she reefed her jib intentionally to reduce boat speed. She was on track to arrive too early, and entering a reef pass at the wrong time, before the light is good or the current is
Lauren Landers Sailing made a deliberate choice not to fish during this particular offshore passage. Her reasoning was practical: anything she hooked out there would almost certainly be very large, a big tuna for example, and dealing with l
Lauren Landers Sailing notes that short passages can be surprisingly tiring because you never really settle into a good sleep rhythm. On a longer passage there is time to find a routine, but on a quick two or three day sail the body does no
During this passage, Lauren Landers Sailing was seeing 8 to 12 knots of wind, giving boat speeds of around 4 to 5.5 knots. While 4 knots is a little slower than ideal, the wind was on the stern and the waves were behind the boat, making for
Lauren Landers Sailing tries to meal prep even for passages of just a couple of days. With limited options at the grocery store before this particular passage, she dug through her freezer and made do with what she had. She turned frozen car
During the passage to Tahiti, a bolt on the Hydrovane's transom bracket snapped, and a second bolt on the inboard side came loose. With very little left securing the unit at the bottom, Lauren stopped using the Hydrovane the morning before
Every piece here is something Lauren Landers Sailing can talk you through, in their own words.