Good-bye Michelle
Michelle’s flight home was scheduled for 11:20 pm Monday night, so we left Musket Cove and motored into Denarau Marina to position ourselves for her departure. Denarau is a world of its own – an Read More …
Fiji
Michelle’s Visit
Well, I didn’t do a very good job of keeping up with the daily log but we had a very full week sightseeing, diving, and moving Raven from anchorage to anchorage while Michelle was visiting Read More …
Naviti
If I get too enthusiastic with my travel descriptions, Sailmail cuts us off and Mike and Rod get alarmed about their weather reports…so I need to keep it moderate! So you will receive this email Read More …
SCUBA Lessons in the Yasawas
This morning we raised anchor and sailed 10-12 miles to a new location ideal for Michelle’s first scuba lesson. We outfitted her in Mike’s gear and Anouk took her into shallow water with a sandy Read More …
Settling In
Here we are in Fiji already settling into the Raven routine. Raven was waiting for us in Vudu Point Marina. It’s a great so-called hurricane hole, protected from any heavy wave action stirred up by Read More …
Mike’s Letter to RRC
“Many of you have asked me if I’m going to give a talk about our recent trip to the South Pacific. I won’t bore you with a talk. However, as always, Carol has done Read More …
Heading Home
We’re down to the last few days of our trip – I don’t know that I’ll have another opportunity to upload photos until we’re back in Tucson, unless it happens Friday or Saturday. Our Read More …
Rain and a Cold
We’ve been stuck in Suva Harbor for the third straight day, in a grey drizzly cloud that is not at all anyone’s idea of the tropical South Pacific! The photo is of the Royal Suva Read More …
Passage to Fiji
We’re all cleared in to Fiji and yesterday I added a new set of photos from our last days in Tonga. The photo above was taken at sunrise as we first spotted the islands of Read More …
Season 1 Summary
2005 was to be our very first year cruising. Having completed the purchase of Raven on Christmas Eve, 2004, Mike and I were anxious to return to New Zealand and enjoy an introductory “shake-down” cruise Read More …