34 58 S 175 04 E 7 am Sunday Nov 7 After a partially bumpy night, the seas have once again settled down for our last 12 hours to Auckland. We are running down the east coast of New Zealand about 40 nm off shore….
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#28 Viva Mexico
We’re now in Mexico, about 70 miles off shore headed south southeast. We plan to round the cape and head back north to Santa Rosalia in the Sea of Cortez, about 1,050 nautical miles (5 days nonstop). By then we’ll be in the Mountain Time Zo…
Tonga to New Zealand
We are into day 4 of our passage. The conditions to begin with were not so great, 2.5 to 3.5 Meter swell, at 8 second intervals, with wind waves and 15 to 20 knots of wind. The four of us went through many packages of crackers in order to keep our sto…
Back to reality
Saturday morning 31 17 S 175 33 E Well, we had 36 hrs of smooth ocean bliss and time to wax philosophical. Seems like King Neptune once again seduced us into thinking it was going to be easy. A few hours ago we …
Report From Onboard Jenny
Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:47:15 PMLocation: Boot Key HarborThe boat position was not recorded. No recent weather observation is available. We have been here a couple of days now and have met Bruce and his wife on a 1978 Kroger 42 that they are b…
The Kingdom of Tonga – Nuku’alofa
Tonga sits on such a longitude to have given it the honor of being the first nation to welcome in the new millennium. Tonga is also the only Pacific kingdom. The local tourist board will try to convince you that theirs are the Friendly Islands, but thi…
Thursday, November 4, 2010 – Costa Baja Marina, La Paz
Saturday, October 30, 2010 – leaving Agua Verde and headed south We had a pleasant evening in Puerto Escondido. I have come to realize that at some of the marinas, such as Marina La Paz, there is a significant semi permanent population of boaters, …
Southern Cross
“When you see the Southern cross for the first time ” or the next time. There are nights at sea when all you want to do is see the sunrise. Nights when you just hold on waiting for the next wave or blast of w…
A few photos, as promised.
We have been to Nuie, and are now in Tonga. In Nuie, a man said to me:”We were made by the aliens, but they reckoned they had messed up, so they moved on. It’s all in the Bible”
Day 3
24 05 S 176 27E It is 7 am and Andy and I are 763 nm from Auckland. Conditions remained the same through most of yesterday and overnight with 15-20 kt wind and 2-3 meter seas. Not the best ride, but c…
