Suva Excursion
While eating spaghetti on Monday night, Monty’s crown fell off (his tooth)! Luckily, he didn’t swallow it. We were on our boat near the kiting spot…
Diving & Snorkelling in Fiji
We anchored Whistler off the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort. It was a nice anchorage, with 5-star resort views! We noticed the weather was much better at Cousteau…
2018-05-13 What to do in Savusavu?
After our trip to the Ngelelevu Lagoon, we arrived back in Savusavu on Cinco de Mayo. We had returned with the idea we would go…
2018-05-22 Strike!
After a week of diving at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort, (more on that soon), we met up with our sister boat, Golden Glow, in Savusavu….
2018-05-04 Paradise & Lagoons
We spent a few days in Savusavu, got some rest, did laundry, cleaned the boat, reprovisioned and had a few meals ashore with our sister…
2018-04-26 Minerva or Fiji
We set off from Opua, NZ, on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018. Before leaving the Bay of Islands, we raised the mainsail and unfurled the genoa….
2018-04-18 Leaving BOI
We said good bye to Annie and Chuck on our sister ship, Exit Strategy, last Saturday. ES and Golden Glow are headed for Minerva Reef…
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…