Gazing on the cliffs of the Bay of Islands

19th November in Canada, 20th November in NZ We have music playing, the sun is shining, we have just caught a blue fin Tuna, we have just eaten a pancake breakfast and we have a visual on New Zealand, straight ahead. It is a phenomenal feeling to be here, and to think...

Weather Windows

Lat: 32 deg. 25.037 South Long: 175 deg. 51.680 East by Matt Delany Weather Windows. From Day 1 of meeting up with the boys on Tongatapu the story of weather windows would dominate discussion among the local sailing community. Is this it? Are you guys going for it?...

Minerva Reefs

We are sitting in the middle of the largest contrast any of us have ever experienced. There is no land in sight from horizon to horizon. In fact we had our last sight of land 3 days ago as we sailed away from Tongpatapu, the southernmost port in the kingdom on Tonga....

I survived the Rarotongan Jetwash!

Lat: 21 deg, 12.3 minutes, S Long: 159 deg, 47.1 minutes W Docked, Avatiu Harbour, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. by Ryan The “Rarotongan Tattoo” is the term the Cook Island locals use to describe road rash that tourist get from crashing one of the thousand...

Hairy Seas, Torrential Downpours….and some Epic Waves.

October 26, 2007 By Andy After spending most of the day enjoying the calm waters inside the lagoon on the leeward side of Morrea, it was time to get a move on and start what was to be an introduction to night crossings for the guests, Nancy and I. It all started quite...