#8. FALKEN | Tahiti to Hawaii | Next stop…

Sunday, June 11, 2025 | 09:55 Boat Time 19:55 UTC Pos. 07°23.7S 153°41.2W

Last night I came on watch and for once there wasn’t a single squall in sight. The engine was on, the moon was shinning and a light breeze was present. We decided at that point to turn the engine off and try and sail with the little breeze there was. FALKEN started gliding silently into the night, at a speed of 3 knots but with barely any sea state to throw her around it was like being in space for a while. The wind gods must have appreciated our efforts as only 30 minutes later the wind picked up and FALKEN followed it like a bird.

I’ve just woken up for my day watch, the sun is shinning, there is a good 15knots breeze and FALKEN is powering along at 9-10 knots, we’re officially in the trade winds and god it feels good cause at one point our ETA was 215 days and 3 hours.

Yesterday we made the decision that we would aim for Christmas Island instead of Palmyra Atoll. The reasoning for this been our timeline and how aiming for Palmyra would put us against the trade winds, no bueno. It also means a bit more time for us to explore one place and a more comfortable ride to the Hawaiian islands.

It’s still hard to realise in what part of the world we’re sailing, I keep transporting myself back to the Polynesian people sailing from island to island like we go to the supermarket and it makes me wonder what incredible navigators and full round adventurers and sailors they were.

Our ETA to Christmas Island should be some point between Saturday and Sunday, expect no connection and we’re gonna keep our watch on boat time as otherwise we will loose a day to the timeline. We will explain on another blog but for now looking forward to dropping the anchor in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Lots of love

- Alex

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