Passage from Opua to Noumea

‘Paralysis by analysis’ is a figure of speech we have come to understand all too well when considering ‘weather windows’ for our ocean passages. It is so easy to over […]

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CODDIWOMPLERS EXTRAORDINAIRE!

Frank and I are becoming expert coddiwomplers. For those of you who think I have now lost the plot completely, let me explain that coddiwompling means ‘to travel purposefully towards […]

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Nadia, Dave & Danny’s visit to the Bay of Islands

I hadn’t seen my sister in 4 years, and her husband Dave and son Daniel hadn’t traveled to this side of the world for 16 years, so it was an […]

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Bay of Islands

Apart from the first few days spent in a berth at Opua Marina, in the 2 weeks plus since we arrived in New Zealand, we have been familiarizing ourselves with […]

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Ocean Passage to New Zealand

Low clouds hung over the craggy peaks above Levuka and the rain poured down from the skies as we left the island of Ovalau bound for New Zealand. We head […]

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