Sailing Joia - A Lifetime of Sailing in One Journey

A Lifetime of Sailing in One Journey

Sailing Joia

Stuart Jackson

Thu 6 Jun 2024 23:18

With less than 200 miles to go, our Pacific adventure is nearly complete. Most privately owned boats sail an average of maybe 20 weekend trips a year of 20 or so miles each. So around 400 miles a year. This trip has covered 8,000 miles, so the equivalent of 20 years’ sailing for an average boat. In terms of of hard sailing in over 20 knots of wind, it would be the equivalent of far longer because most boats don’t go out in those conditions whereas we experienced over 20 knots for more than half the time (as Marisa and Sue experienced).
There have been plenty of times lying in my bunk as the boat comes crashing down from the top of a wave when I have wondered “How can the boat possibly endure this again and again and again?”.
Yes we have have some breakdowns and repairs to deal with, but the most critical systems - hull, mast, engine, generator, water-maker, fridge, freezer, steering, instruments and “Rod” the autopilot have all been there for us all the way through.
JOIA is a fast boat but is also built extremely strongly, all the way through to the steel box girders in the base of the boat between the tanks (shown during construction).
JOIA, thank you for looking after us!
31:41.87N 121:39.88W

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2024

Jun 2024

Fri 7 Jun 17:45
- Home!
Thu 6 Jun 23:18
- A Lifetime of Sailing in One Journey
Wed 5 Jun 22:23
- Reefed Down in Home Stretch
- Less Than 500 Miles To Go
Tue 4 Jun 00:15
- Headed for Home
Sun 2 Jun 21:42
- Motoring and Washing
Sat 1 Jun 16:00
- Finally Headed East
- Fuel Tanks Are Still Full

May 2024

Thu 30 May 23:34
- Almost out of the Tropics
- Doing and Undoing
Tue 28 May 23:37
- Strong winds and more Repairs
Mon 27 May 22:53
- Spectacular Sunset
- Diesel Leak
Sat 25 May 23:07
- Big Winds and Starlink Emergency
Fri 24 May 18:38
- Passing Halfway
Thu 23 May 17:59
- An Unscheduled Passenger
Wed 22 May 17:13
- Baking on The Go
Tue 21 May 18:42
- Back into Northern Hemisphere
Mon 20 May 20:59
- Stormy Nights and Easy Days
- Goodbye French Polynesia
Sun 19 May 00:00
- Rigging Maintenance
Sat 18 May 02:17
- Fish for Dinner
Fri 17 May 06:10
- Light winds and fixing gear
Thu 16 May 09:42
- Back to Easy Sailing
Wed 15 May 18:02
- Flying Curry
Tue 14 May 12:00
- Water everywhere
Mon 13 May 10:00
- Departing Papeete, Headed North
Tue 7 May 04:28
- Papeete Marina
Mon 6 May 04:17
- Short but Ugly Passage to Papeete, Tahiti
Sun 5 May 16:00
- Spectacular Anchorage in Moorea
- On Route for Moorea
Thu 2 May 00:00
- Another day in Paradise
Wed 1 May 00:00
- Life is always better with music and dancing

Apr 2024

Tue 30 Apr 00:00
- Back to the Office
Mon 29 Apr 00:00
- Back in Paradise
Sun 28 Apr 18:30
- Whoa there, JOIA!
Sat 27 Apr 17:47
- Back to Peaceful Ocean Sailing
Fri 26 Apr 00:00
- Midnight Emergency
Thu 25 Apr 00:00
- New crew Members
Wed 24 Apr 00:00
- Anse Hakatea
Tue 23 Apr 20:58
- Crew Preparations for Next Leg
Mon 22 Apr 00:00
- Fixing and Refueling
Sun 21 Apr 00:00
- Life for kids in Remote Polynesia
Sat 20 Apr 00:00
- Spectacular day in Nuku Hiva
Fri 19 Apr 00:00
- Land Ho
Thu 18 Apr 23:07
- Last home boat-baked loaf before French bakeries prevail
- Another day of light winds
Wed 17 Apr 00:36
- Where did the Wind Go?
Tue 16 Apr 02:15
- Crossing the line
Mon 15 Apr 01:11
- Recovering from the storm
Sun 14 Apr 00:15
- Yellowtail for Dinner
Sat 13 Apr 00:45
- Another spectacular sailing day
Thu 11 Apr 22:28
- A Rough Night
- Passed Halfway!
Wed 10 Apr 13:47
- In Rod we Trust
Mon 8 Apr 22:47
- New Sail Configurations
Sun 7 Apr 18:51
- Goodbye Thick Sweaters and Jackets
Sat 6 Apr 18:04
- Finding our Groove
Fri 5 Apr 09:00
- Adapting to life on a tilt
Thu 4 Apr 15:47
- Becoming a little stormy
Wed 3 Apr 16:43
- Good first 24 hours
Tue 2 Apr 16:23
- Back on the boat for a new ocean sailing adventure
Mon 1 Apr 04:31
- New Adventure Starts Tomorrow

Mar 2024

Sun 3 Mar 02:29
- Sailing With Bianca and Marisa

2022

Apr 2022

Fri 1 Apr 14:16
- Arrived in new California home

Mar 2022

Thu 31 Mar 15:46
- Back in California Channel Islands
Wed 30 Mar 08:40
- Passing through San Diego
Sun 20 Mar 14:07
- On route by ship
Sat 12 Mar 14:07
- Through the canal
Wed 9 Mar 22:10
- Short-cut to Ensenada Mexico
Sat 5 Mar 14:07
- On route by ship

Feb 2022

Wed 9 Feb 14:06
- Arrived Florida

Jan 2022

Thu 6 Jan 15:42
- Red Hook Bay St Thomas
Sun 2 Jan 17:38
- Almost at St Thomas
Sat 1 Jan 16:15
- Back out to Sea

2021

Dec 2021

Fri 17 Dec 17:05
- Video from X-Yachts
Sun 12 Dec 22:35
- Glorious Sailing
Thu 9 Dec 02:00
- ARRIVED!!
Tue 7 Dec 17:29
- Sheltering from the heat
Mon 6 Dec 10:32
- Sunday Night Sports
Sun 5 Dec 13:05
- Getting closer
Sat 4 Dec 11:25
- Chasing Venus
Fri 3 Dec 20:01
- Fickle winds and rain
Thu 2 Dec 13:06
- Extreme Laundry
Wed 1 Dec 20:42
- Fixing and Mending

Nov 2021

Tue 30 Nov 22:44
- Past Halfway
Mon 29 Nov 18:09
- More heavy seas
Sun 28 Nov 15:50
- Clouds and Squalls
Sat 27 Nov 15:35
- Making good progress
Fri 26 Nov 15:33
- Spectacular sailing day!
Thu 25 Nov 19:33
- Thanksgiving at Sea
- Stronger winds and gear breakage
Wed 24 Nov 14:59
- Winds have picked up!
Tue 23 Nov 16:15
Mon 22 Nov 09:58
- Heading south from Canaries
Sun 21 Nov 15:10
- And we’re off…
Sat 20 Nov 22:04
Fri 19 Nov 13:00
- Testing the crew gear before the big sail
Mon 15 Nov 00:11
- Provisioning for trans-Atlantic

Oct 2021

Thu 7 Oct 09:36
- Almost at Las Palmas
Wed 6 Oct 15:18
- Big waves Lagos to Las Palmas
Mon 4 Oct 08:40
- Departing Lagos

Sep 2021

Wed 29 Sep 14:39
- Delivery to Lagos
Fri 17 Sep 17:07
- Southampton boat show
Wed 8 Sep 17:05
- Testing emergency rudder

Jul 2021

Wed 14 Jul 11:49
- First sail with Marisa

Apr 2021

Sat 17 Apr 17:55
- First dinner aboard - Hamble UK

2020

Oct 2020

Mon 19 Oct 14:55
- First test sail

Sep 2020

Sun 6 Sep 13:47
- Joia in England

Jan 2020

Wed 8 Jan 14:55
- Interior finished and on show at the factory in Denmark

2019

Nov 2019

Thu 7 Nov 16:59
- Under construction in Denmark

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