Getting Infinity boat ready to leave Hawaii !

We are still in Hawaii, working hard to prepare the boat for the big crossing to the Marquesas.

Annie, our Captain, is ready for painting !


Mike, Julien and Sheena are working hard in the engine room




Clemens, having a break from the engine room !


Stephanie and I preparing dinner and cooking bread



But guys are also cleaning while girls do hard work, thanks Troy !


Duncan is making sure the work is being done !


Lucka, after painting the chain plates on both sides of the boat


We also take time to relax and have fun !

Phil kayaking with Tara and Ruben in between two jobs


Michael playing guitar in the library


Joanna relaxing after diving course


Still a lot of work to be done, but we are all excited to make Infinity boat ready to leave Hawaii within one week !
Keep you posted !

Claire

Just joined Infinity Sea Tribe : the dream is coming true !

Since I am a kid, I always dreamt of living on a boat, sailing the Oceans around the world and make something really meaningful with my life. Now the dream is coming true !

I am Claire, French, from Brittany in the west of the country and I joined the Infinity three weeks ago. Three weeks … and I am already feeling like at home here !
The boat, my new home, is really beautiful and huge! I really feel like I have everything I need on board !
All the new crew members are joining one after another. We are people from different countries, different cultures and different ages, from all around the world. It is amazing to see how we already started to connect to each other. I can feel strong good vibes all around the boat. It seems that we all have the same spirit.

I was welcome by the core team: Clemens, Tara and Ruben, Annie, Mike ; and Stéphanie and Julien who came back recently. We are very excited to already hear about the stories from the first part of Infinity Journey and project. They started to teach us the main things we have to know about the boat and the life on board. I am already amazed by the skills!

Let me tell you a little about the new crew members. I first met with Troy, from US. We had a great time making the first cooking team ! We enjoyed preparing a French - American dinner !

Philip, from Ireland arrived the same day as me, and we started to work in the tank room .. Tough job to clean the water tanks and good first experience understanding each other with our different accents! Joanna, from England, came by night, after a party we had on the boat with local people, we talked a lot the first night even if she was really tired after her flight!

Duncan is from England. I just recently discovered that he was fluent in French, but we still speak English together and we share the 6 pm glass of red wine!
Lucka comes from Slovenia, she gave me a great massage in my back yesterday, she is really a specialist !
(pictures of Lucka and Duncan to come soon ..)

Sheena, from Canada, is already a good friend, I like when we sing songs while we do hard work !

Traudl, from Austria is doing an amazing job sawing the new sofa covers.

Michael, from US, is our doctor on board and is already a key person on the boat !


Here is the team at the moment !

We are currently anchored in the east of Oahu in Hawaii, in a beautiful bay. I cannot stop looking at the mountains we see around us, so many different colors! It is really a beautiful place.

Life on board started to get organized very quickly around the daily “schedules” we set up to better live all together : cooking, cleaning the boat, grocery shopping, all the jobs to get the boat ready to go sailing …
At the moment, we are getting the boat ready for the journey to “les îles Marquises”. Everyday, our “captains” prepare many lists of the jobs that have to be done (even “lists of lists” as Annie would say …). It looks like it will never end! But we all enjoy participating in the work. It seems we are all going to learn a lot on board !
Galley, hammer, primer, proxy, derust, bilges, … so many new technical English words for me ! It is a big change from the business English I was used to!


Even if we did not start the voyage yet, I can already tell you some stories: an engine lost in the bay and found back, a car stolen and found back too with only a window broken and some fuel missing, a shoulder repaired by surgery, a foot damaged! But everybody is good; it seems that luck is with us!

I am really excited about living this experience with the Infinity Sea Tribe !
Well, I need to go back to work … I am ready to live the dream !

We will give you soon more news about our departure to the South Pacific.

- Claire -

Infinity in Oahu

To all our readers....Infinity is now in Oahu anchored in the South Eastern bay of the island. The new crew has arrived, everyone is working really hard to get the boat ready for departure early February. Welcome onboard, pictures to come soon.
A very special thank you to David who left the boat after 9 months to return to Canada. David was a very important member of the Sea Tribe and his contribution greatly apprecated.Thank you David and fair winds.

Stephanie

Hawaii Volcano, Mauna Kea, 13.796 feet

We went all the way up to the big volcano, Mauna Kea. We had a great afternoon, being showed around by David and Kirk. Pretty impressive up there, hard to breath, beautiful views and so quiet. An a mazing place for meditating !













Thanks a lot to David and Kirk for your kindness and for showing us around.

First and Final Post from Kaelin Rose

After 5 weeks at sea with no land in sight, we sailed past Oahu and Maui as the sun hit the green hills. Upon our arrival in Hilo we were greeted by several whales doing back flops out of the water sending huge splashes into the morning air. It was a warm, Aloha welcome to Hawaii.

Halfway through our passage from Majuro the temperature dropped and our daily uniforms of bikinis and swimming trunks changed to long pants and heavy jackets. Even though the weather was cold and damp, the crew's spirit never fell. On November 23rd Infinity crossed the International Dateline causing us to fall back an entire day. Although the true Thanksgiving day and my birthday changed, we decided to celebrate both on the 24th because the sun was out from behind the clouds and the sea was more calm than it had been in weeks. After lunch that day, I was presented with a chocolate brownie cake smothered in vanilla icing and was serenaded with a birthday song. It was a delicious afternoon and we were all looking forward to the turkey dinner Annie and Gyan were already preparing in the galley.

By the time the sun went down, the heavenly aroma crept around the cabin as we spread out the rectangle dinner mat and settled down on the floor. As we passed around a jug of wine, the chefs placed before us a golden brown turkey with stuffing and gravy, homemade bread with butter, and a cheesy squash casserole. While we all dove into our plates, each crew member took a moment to share what they were thankful for. Although we each had different thanks, we all agreed how blessed we were for being part of the Infinity family and for being able to share in a beautiful Thanksgiving meal in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. By the time we finished the dessert of pumpkin pie and chocolate chip ice cream, most of us were too full to do anything but slip into bed and go to sleep. I think all the crew mates would agree that it was one amazing Thanksgiving that will be cherished forever.

Now we are enjoying the sunshine again and venturing around the big island of Hawaii. As Jack and I spend our last days with Infinity I have to say again how blessed I feel to have been part of this adventure. Very few people get to do what we've done and fewer find a second family they laugh and share life with as they sail around the world. Thank you our Infinity brothers and sisters. You are forever a part of us and we love you.

From Majuro to Hawaii, 4 weeks at sea and lots of stories to tell...soon..

HAWAII AT LAST !