Waiheke Island Visit
From Auckland, it was a pretty easy day trip to Waiheke Island. We sailed around the western shore and anchored in Oneroa Bay. After reading…
From Auckland, it was a pretty easy day trip to Waiheke Island. We sailed around the western shore and anchored in Oneroa Bay. After reading…
After almost 3 months of skiing every day in Whistler, BC, and socializing with friends, we traveled back to our beloved S/V Whistler in NZ….
In Port Denarau, we were checking the forecasts a few times a day and talking with other cruisers about what they thought. Around October 16th,…
The first of October, we started looking for a weather window for passage back to New Zealand. We had about 3 weeks before we needed…
Just catching up on posts! Please forgive us for the long drought! In September, Jimmy DeMarco, our friend from Whistler/La Ventana, came for a visit…
Whistler participated in the 35th Fiji Regatta Week at Musket Cove. It was our second time at the regatta. Close to 100 boats gathered for…
Fiji Customs allow yachts to stay in the country for 18 months, but Immigration only allow visitors 4 months. Our visas were going to expire…
After a couple nights on a mooring at Port Denarau, we got our raw water pump fixed. It was not expensive, only an hour’s labour…
Fifty-two days at Nananu-I-Cake! A sufferer of “itchy anchor syndrome”, who would have guessed I (Margy) would have let Whistler remain in the same anchorage…
After finishing our Advanced Open Water Dive Course in Savusavu, we headed south. We planned on following our sister boat, Exit Strategy, to Fulaga, 200NM…