We flew to Christchurch on Monday where we picked up our NZ Land Yacht. After getting ‘checked out’ with our new home, we loaded up with food, beer and wine and headed out to local RV park for the night. Tuesday morning we …
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La Paz
We had a rough trip to La Paz last night, 3-4 foot waves with a short period which pitched us up and down for several hours. Julie was on the salon couch with the sea dogs (?) trying to sleep. Colin also discovered that the charts for …
#29 Agua Verde
Agua Verde. In a minute I’ll tell the crazy story of how we got here, but first you gotta see how beautiful it is. This morning as we sipped coffee and the sky was just beginning to lighten, every sense was awake. We’re floating peac…
Fun Weekend
Melinda and I had a fun weekend starting with Friday afternoon aboard the S/V catamaran Sam the Skull. I met them in Isla Mujeres and they came in here during the week on their way back to the Rio Dulce via Mexico. It was the first time Melinda w…
Running at night
Although we hadn't run overnight before the Alaska trip, we frequently ran
at night in the previous boat. And we did make a couple of night runs in the 52.
The learning from those two …
South Island
Today we are flying to Christchurch on the South Island where we will pick up a small campervan. For the next two weeks, we will be exploring the South Island and work our way back to Auckland. E
Cabo San Lucas
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…
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 …
