S/V L'ORIENT

Makes the first seven days of this passage worth it We know L'ORIENTals everywhere are absolutely buzzing with anticipation for THIS installment. Where are they ? How did it go ? Or as Gregor McGregor asked in his native tongue (Scots Gaelic), "cait a bheil iad?" Well, Gregor and all you other randos speaking those never used Google translate options, here we go. Our still sponsor-less heroes (PS- that's for you Coke and Pepsi) Tom and Kirstin readied L'ORIENT for a challenging sail. No fewer than 4 of our Echo Dock neighbors in Hawaii had done the Honolulu to French Polynesia passage.........we tracked all of them.........and each one got what is charitably described in nautical technical terms as an ass-beating. Boat damage, bead sores from extended exposure to sea water, etc. We were definitely wary of this passage. We estimated it would take 20 days and be about 2500 miles in sea miles. L'ORIENT is a big blue water cruiser and has a few advantages over sma