Heavy Weather
Click HERE for slideshow We’re packing our bags and Monday afternoon Mike and I will fly off to Vanuatu for our first real cruise aboard AVATAR. Vanuatu, located approximately 1,000 miles from New Zealand and Read More …
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Come Along For A Ride!
VIDEO SLIDESHOW Most of this past week has been devoted to last minute fixes, shopping for accessories (like plastic boxes) and slowly moving our belongings aboard AVATAR. Friday Circa is turning us loose. We’ll finish Read More …
Easter Holiday Cruise
I’ve been remiss in the updates, sorry! We’ve kept ourselves fairly busy here. Friday through Monday was a four day holiday weekend here in Whangarei; systems on the boat were working pretty well, so Circa Read More …
New Setsail Blog “Commissioning Chaos”
Hi All, Here’s a post straight from Steve’s blog which is a pretty good description of yesterday’s activities. I hid out in the master cabin reading a book on my iphone. The big breakthrough of Read More …
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Open House weekend has ended and all the other owners and prospective owners have exited the scene with one exception due to arrive in a couple of days. Circa’s work crew is still busy aboard Read More …
Photo Ops
Thursday late afternoon after the work crew had finished up, we moved AVATAR down the bay to Marsden Cove to spend the weekend on display and available for trial cruises out into the ocean so Read More …
Hi from AVATAR
Hi all, Not organized enough for a blog post yet but having a great time getting introduced to the boat. Really beautiful and more spacious than we envisioned. Every day from about 7:30 until 3:30 Read More …
A Thank You to Dashew Offshore
For two and a half years we have watched AVATAR’S metamorphosis from a stack of aluminum sheets in Circa Marine’s warehouse to the innovative vessel now floating in the harbor of Whangarei. Actually our history Read More …
Splash! AVATAR Launches
It was an exciting, exhilarating day yesterday – even living it vicariously here in Tucson! Mike and I haunted the inbox all day long waiting for word that AVATAR had splashed down into the water Read More …
Any Day Now!
So close – AVATAR is scheduled to “splash” on Thursday March 18 in New Zealand which is really just the day after tomorrow here in the U.S. Hopefully she floats right side up (really, no Read More …