We arrived at Puerto Los Cabo very early Wednesday morning along with the Nordhavn 76 Eliana. We came into a long dock on the starboard side of the channel and both tied up to wait for the marina office to open at 9AM. We met the owners of E…
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Turkish “Indian summer”
We’ve been steadily heading south, and two weeks ago we anchored off the quaint village of Torba in perfect conditions – blue skies, no wind and temperature in low 20s, and here Chris O’Brien joined us. The weather went this way following a coupl…
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa
Auckland calls itself the City of Sails and looking around, you would think the America’s Cup was here last week. Right next to our marina is the NZ Maritime Museum. It houses “Black Magic” the ACC yacht that won the America’s Cu…
Tonga
We reached Tonga at Vava’u, then we went to Haapai and now we are in Tongatapu.1. A Pacific island paradise full of friendly people, amazing beaches, coral reefs and exotic species of fish.2. A depressing little third-world country, where everybody is …
New Zealand, Port Opua
All in all the trip from Tonga to New Zealand was good. Lumpy and smooth, windy and calm. We arrived at the customs dock in Port Opua at about 1:00pm on Nov 6 and after all of the “whoop-lau” amongst the boating community as to how strict they were wit…
A very sad day
A note from Ken Williams
Roberta and I are VERY sorry to report that our best friend, and long-term cruising companion, Shelby, passed away yesterday. Shelby was 14 years old, and has had heart issues…
Report From Onboard Jenny
Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:04:32 PMLocation: Boot Key HarborThe boat position was not recorded. No recent weather observation is available. Melinda and I are enjoying it here. The north wind ended yesterday and today was beautiful with a low aroun…
My Apologies to New England
After spending two beautiful months in parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, I never managed to post one blog about this charming, historical, and friendly area. My apologies New England. Last year we whizzed through the area, as we were late heading south from the Canadian Maritimes. (Can you really call it whizzing when […]
Cruising Southeast Alaska: Dundas Bay West Arm
Porcupine
Bay was our last stop on the west side of Chichagof Island–we would spend the
next week in Glacier Bay National Park. We still had two more days before we could
enter…
Puert Vallarta – Auckland NZ Summary
Some totals from our cruising season: April 1 – Nov 7 2010 Puerto Vallarta – Marquesas – Tuamotus – Tahiti – Bora Bora – Suwarrow – Tonga – Fiji – New Zealand Total miles traveled: 8104 nautical miles (940…
