Day 6 Strong winds have been constant and make our time more challenging as we are still heading upwinds.We saw the lights of another boat on the horizon for a few minutes at night, first one since our journey started.The newmoon rise looked like an incredible thin flame being pulled […]

Day 1 Everyone has been looking forward to the departure.After the last preparations and formalities, off we go.Weather conditons and sea state have been quite fair to start with.But we are sailing upwind and it’s not the most comfortable motion, even though Sea Dragon was built for it and remains […]

We were lucky enough to have two overnight stops on route, allowing the crew to get familiar with the boat and each other. With the crew feeling fresh and ready for the passage north we are already off to a good start. Nearly 600NM down and 2000 to go. We […]

On every ocean passage I have ever been part of, the last few days will always test the crew onboard. I can say the crew of Sea Dragon were tested by the consistent squalls carrying high winds and a lot of rain fall right until the very end of the […]

Thursday 21st April, By Harriet Consistent wind, lots of laughs and it is definitely getting warmer as we get further South. It took a couple of days for the crew to find their sea legs, (as expected!) but everyone is in good spirits and fully in the rhythm of life […]

After four days of snorkeling our hearts out, backflipping into dinghys, and taking all the selfies with bird that we could, our time in Palmyra (or as some people like to say, Palmooora) has come to an end. This gem in the middle of Pacific that is hardly a dot […]

Squalls squalls squalls! As we got further south and entered the ITCZ (inter-tropical conversion zone), also known as the doldrums, it became a wet and wild ride. It rained all day on Monday with wind speeds reaching up to 39kts. Some of us embraced the rain up on deck and […]

After two days of safety briefings, man overboard drills and Ted darting his eyes at Bruce with looks of “Oh man what did you get me into”, we have finally cast off! The energy and excitement on board is high as everyone is ready for a grand adventure on the […]

We have just returned from one of the most beautiful places on Earth – Palmyra Atoll. Palmyra, a series of coral islands in the middle of the Pacific that most people have probably never heard of, represents hope for healing. The atoll, located approximately 950 nm south of Oahu, has […]