Birds on Passage
As we leave New Zealand we see numerous seabirds like gannets and petrels but as we get further from land, encounters are less frequent. A…
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Passage Fiji to New Zealand
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,…
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…
2017-04-06 Life Raft
Our life raft is probably approaching 10 years old and its certification had expired in February, 2017. Every 3 years, lift rafts are supposed to be “repacked”. Only 3…