When the sea is in a snit

One of the scariest legs of a journey halfway across the world turns out to be a section of the Caribbean Sea, where monster waves, big winds and current combine for a wild ride

I saw the wave coming, just ahead and to windward. As we approached I noticed an unusually deep trough opening between the second wave in the train and the first. The seas and wind had been build

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2016 September 1 - 12:00 am

Paradise times two

Exploring the native beauty of Tahiti is even better on the stable platform of the twin hulls of a catamaran

By Tor Johnson

It started as an April Fools’ joke. I never would have thought of Kyle Ryan as particularly gullible. He’s an experienced sailor, a big wave surfer and a divemaster. He has spent years at sea as an officer with NOAA. And he recently proved to be sound crew on a rough crossing from Fiji to New Zealand aboard my Beneteau 473. Which is why I was surprised when he believed the ridiculous story my wife and I concocted in the early morning hours of April 1.Schedule

One of the scariest legs of a journey halfway across the world turns out to be a section of the Caribbean Sea, where monster waves, big winds and current combine for a wild ride

Exploring the native beauty of Tahiti is even better on the stable platform of the twin hulls of a catamaran

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