Category Sailing
This is a brief update to fill you in because we aren’t exactly sure when we’ll be posting again… On the boat project front, we’re in pretty good shape. In last Sunday’s post, Kim described our struggles to rebuild the… Continue Reading →
We Made It! That’s the headline. I’m writing this on Wednesday, October 22nd (otherwise known as Tuesday, October 21st for those in the Western Hemisphere). We pulled into Marsden Cove Marina near Whangarei in New Zealand this morning at 7:15…. Continue Reading →
We’ve tried, I think (I hope) to share the upsides and also the downsides of this whole adventure (debacle) on this blog. Part of the reason is to dissuade anyone else from doing something so obviously foolish. Another part is… Continue Reading →
Yes, we know. We took a week off. Well, actually the BLOG took a week off. Us? Not so much. We had work to do! To get ready for guests! We have had, frankly, disappointingly few visitors. I think maybe… Continue Reading →
Another week in paradise! We explored Buliya Island, Vurolevu Island and sailed to Beqa this week. The islands are simply stunning-incredibly verdant and lush with friendly people everywhere we go. The villagers on these islands live simply, their lives revolving… Continue Reading →
And we’re off to explore Fiji! We bailed on the marina after getting the rig fixed: too hot! So we took off to Malolo Lailai and picked up an anchor spot there. It’s home to the Musket Cove Yacht Club,… Continue Reading →
It’s been a “wildlife” kind of week here in Tonga. And not always the good kind.Let’s get the icky stuff out of the way first. I was attacked. By a pack of wild dogs. It wasn’t pretty.Tonga has a lot… Continue Reading →
Never a dull moment, it seems. We’ve been in Tonga for about a week and a half now. We left the mooring near the town of Neiafu because there was some “weather” coming: a low pressure system with high forecast… Continue Reading →
Well, we finally made it out of French Polynesia! We caught a weather window and we took it! It was some sporty sailing, to be sure. We had a few days of winds between 22-27 knots and seas of 4-5… Continue Reading →
Weather continues to be a challenge for us here in the South Pacific. We have three destinations in mind: Niue, Tonga, and American Samoa. We’d be happy visiting any of the three. They are all in the same region, which… Continue Reading →