Friday June 8th to Wednesday 4th July 2018     Savusavu  Once we were safely tied up in the small Copra Shed Marina in the town of Savusavu we recovered from the challenges of the sea and did all the necessaries after a long voyage – showers, cold beer, meal out,

Monday 28th May to Friday 8th June   Monday We are finally ready to leave New Zealand. There is a good weather window to get to Fiji, perhaps stopping en route at Minerva Reef for a few days. There is quite an exodus of boats leaving the marina today as

Sunday 29th April to Sunday 27th May 2018   Having returned from Sydney to the Bay of Islands marina, we imagined that it would take just a week or two to get ready for the 1200 mile voyage north to Fiji. The marina is rather isolated here in Opua, being

Sunday 10th June We are now safely tucked up in the sheltered creek at Savusavu in Fiji after a rather unpleasant, at times, 1200 mile passage from the safety of the marina in Opua, getting used to hot and humid weather after the cold of New Zealand. A little behind

29th March to 18th April 2018 We spent three nights in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, staying in a converted warehouse apartment booked through Airbnb, right in the centre of the city, the streets busy with bars and restaurants. The apartment belonged to two guys and, having passed a

February 15th to March 29th 2018   We arrived back in New Zealand after three months at home and spent about ten days on Vega in the Bay of Islands marina at the top of North Island, sorting out boat stuff and planning our road trip. Vega had been in

February 25th 2018 We are now in New Zealand after a three month trip back to Bristol. It was wonderful to be home and to catch up with family and friends. We flew back to Auckland on February 14th, then spent a week living on Vega at the marina in

Wednesday 13th September to Wednesday 11th October 2017 The 240 mile sail west from Niue to Tonga took just under two days, initially motoring in winds so light that they were insufficient to fill our cruising chute. The first night there was bright phosphorescence in the waves breaking by the

Friday 1st September to Wednesday 13th September   Beveridge Reef   We waited at Palmerston until the big winds and seas started to ease a bit and until we thought it would be more comfortable to sail towards our next planned stop, Beveridge Reef, 280 miles south west. When we

Friday 18th August to Friday 1st September 2017 We finally left fabulous French Polynesia after three months there, moving on west to the Cook Islands which are made up of 15 relatively small and widely spread-out islands scattered over thousands of miles of ocean. We were still undecided as we