2018-04 Bay of Islands
My sister, Shauna, and her husband, Payson, arrived in Whangarei on Easter Friday from Christchurch. They had been in New Zealand for a few weeks…
2018-03 Whangarei
Monty and I arrived back in New Zealand in mid-March. We lived on Whistler at the boatyard for 5 nights. Contending with a ladder to…
2017-10-17 Nananu Kiting
We enjoyed some good (windy) conditions for kiting in October at Nananu-I-Thake. I had a mission, to get more comfortable with flying the kite and…
2017-10-10 To Go or Not to Go
We were told by our weather router that we had a reasonable weather window for sailing to New Zealand last week. It is still very…
2017-10-05 Savusavu & Makongai
After a 3 day sail from Tonga in mid-September, we cleared into Savusavu, Fiji. It is a familiar town to us. We were lucky to…
2017-09-16 Passing Time on Passages
In early September, we set out on a daylight passage north from Foa in the Ha’apai Group to Neiafu, Vavau (Tonga) in early September. The…
2017-08-20 Bike Ride in Ha'apai
On a couple of occasions, we borrowed bikes from the Sandy Beach Lodge on Foa Island and rode to Pangai, a 14km distance on reasonable…
2017-08-30 Ha'apai Anchorages
We visited a number of anchorages while we were in the Ha’apai. Nomuka Iki was a convenient day sail from Nuku’alofa and had a reasonable…
2017-08-28 Ha'apai Fair
The Ha’apai Agricultural, Fishing and Craft Fair was held in July. Matafonua Lodge had several guests going, so a few of us yachties piled in…
2017-09-04 Day Sails
We were at the Matafonua Lodge anchorage and were heading to Pangai for a couple nights. We thought it would be fun to invite Darren…