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THE VOYAGE

The Voyage

Wilderness of Waves is a blog by solo sailor, filmmaker & artist Olivia O Wyatt.

She is sailing her 34 ft. boat, Juniper, to destinations guided by humpback whale migration patterns.

In August 2019, she single-handed from San Diego to Hawaii. It took her 23 days. She and Juniper are now in French Polynesia.

Follow along as she wanders the seas in search of magic.

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Every morning I go to shore and feed four fish to a somewhat tame frigate bird. I wave the fish in the air, make barbaric sounds, and she flies down to perch on a sea-worn branch. She has an electric blue beak and wings the size of Antarctica. She will not let me touch her, but if you feed anything wild for long enough, it will eventually cave. I will continue this ritual until my fingertips shake her feathers.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Hello. Oh hi, its you! Listen my love, you don’t know how much I’ve missed you. Your blue. Your wet lips. The way you kiss. Your cherry sunrise. Your tangled toss. The freedom and fear that I feel when I’m with you. I love the way you look at me with your endless aquarium of eyes, and the ways that you force me to look within myself. I miss your neon nights and watching as stars fall into your constellation. I miss your sparkle, your swell, your songs, and the way you beat my drum. I long for your salt echo. I long for a glimpse at the wild ways in which your mirror moves. I crave your ancestral waves of wisdom, the tropical taste of your hellos. I have nothing to give you in return but my devotion. And I promise you this, I do not rise or close my eyes, without seeing reflections of you. 🌊 ⛵️ I have been sailing around the lagoon of Fakarava for three weeks and will set sail in a few days time to explore more of the Society Islands. Internet will come and go, but you can journey along with me on my blog Wilderness of waves (link in bio). Love, O

Each time I sail alone it takes me a minute to get into the groove. I will motor for an hour just working up the courage to hoist a sail. I don’t know why I’m this way, but I am. I suppose it’s because, it’s not always peaches and cream on the water, ya know, but the highs of sailing are worth a thousand lows.

Hey hot stuff, wanna play? In the Fakarava south pass there is a wall of sharks and all day every day they swim beneath me and Juniper! 📸 @leo__fts from my newest favorite sailboat family!

It’s hot inside the boat. Is it possible to take off more than my clothes? Like, can I strip my skin? Or shed? Yes, shed. I want to be a snake. I want to do that right now. Shed everything. Have smooth, cold, new skin, that has never met any instant, but this instant.⁣

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