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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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Juniper and I are weaving our way around the reefs of Fiji. The chart says stuff like; Foul ground, Unsurveyed, and Numerous sunken reefs. If I made a nautical chart, somewhere on it, smack dab in the middle of the ocean, I would write “empire of fish,” just for fun. Why not?
Just set sail for Musket Cove. My tracker is on if you want to follow along. Xoxox
I could stare at fish all day.
Happy Fiji Day! To celebrate 51 years of independence a group of us planted 51 pieces of coral at the @dive_academy_fiji coral garden in Viani Bay. Then we stared at giant clams, had a feast on the beach, danced, and drank kava. To end the day I rode horses with @amateo2017 down the beach, past the pigs, and across the water to a little island. We were waving this flag the entire way. I’m not from this country, but I love it as if it were my own.
I followed the mountain to the moon, or did I follow the moon to the mountain? I can’t remember, but here I am, in Paradise. Every day is a wild green dream with a runaway pulse. I spend my days staring at critters... so what? I also spend them sliding down rock slides, swimming in waterfalls, riding horses into fairytale forests, and diving into underwater worlds. I’ve been working my fingers to the bone too. I directed three shoots this week. Sometimes I feel guilty that my life is this blessed. That I haven’t endured a loss of freedom, or health, or income, during this pandemic. I don’t know how it happened. All I can tell you is that even though I have a degree in Journalism, I do not feed the news all of my attention, nor do I let it rob me of my affection for nature. I have no denial about the reality of today’s circumstance, I just haven’t allowed it to become my whole reality. Is it naive that I prefer to watch the soft coral bloom when the tide rushes past, instead of watching a newscast? I think this is how I stay spring-fed. I like to make my days on earth feel lived. I like to feel the force of my own pulse; the beat of my heart, the pump of my blood. I like to feel the bend of the bones in my body. I like to shake my eyes up with sunlight. I like to connect my breath to all that breathes. I like to keep my ship sailing and my horizons expanding. That’s what makes me feel alive. What makes you feel alive? 🐙
A love letter from Fiji. It really is the end of the rainbow. 🌈 “But, I love you baby!”

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