The 600 mile sail down from Bundaberg to Sydney took us through the beautiful sandy straits, gold coast, Laurieton and Pittwater. One low pressure system after another hit the east coast, apparently the worst start to the Aussie summer in 50 years (just our luck!). Nope, curved masts are not in.. Brit Alex Thompson’s Hugo…
Leaving Fiji through the Malolo pass (in the background). The 450 mile passage from Musket Cove, Fiji to Vanuatu was quick but a little bumpy with 3.5 metres swells left over from a squash zone near New Zealand. Stops anchored in Port Resolution, Tanna. Hammer our Japanese single-hander on Maverick 2 had got in that…
The 460 mile passage from Haapai Tonga to Savu Savu Fiji was an exercise in dodgems, my childhood computer gaming skills came in handy! First we had to dodge sixty or so uncharted hazards and then as we got closer to fiji we had to thread our way through unlit reefs in the Lau group…
We attempted to reprovision at sea on our 700 mile passage from Suwarrow to Tonga ;-) Had a couple of close encounters with ships.. Entering the Vava’u group of islands.. Glenda only slightly happy to see land.. Picked up a mooring bouy in Neiafu harbour.. First order of business after checking in was to pick…
At 8/31/2011 5:53 AM (utc) our position was 19°44.07’S 174°18.19’W Anchored in Foa
Suwarrow Atoll. I read about Tom Neale's life, the hermit of Suwarrow so was looking forward to seeing the atoll that he lived on alone for so many years.. Can you see it just below the 35 knot squall cloud? It was a 6 day, 700 mile sail from Bora Bora, with the last couple…
At 8/13/2011 9:16 AM (utc) our position was 18°39.54’S 173°58.88’W Picked up a mooring in Neaifu.
At 7/30/2011 5:50 AM (utc) our position was 13°14.85’S 163°06.49’W Anchored in the lee of Anchorage island
After Moorea we did an overnight sail to Raiatea but motored the whole way with no wind 🙁 We picked up a mooring near the CNI yard for a haulout to address increased play in the rudder we noticed after the pacific crossing. They yard had an old school way of hauling out boats.. with…
At 7/13/2011 5:23 AM (utc) our position was 16°29.48’S 151°45.62’W