Hi from New Zealand
Slideshow New Zealand 2006 I’ve really been remiss in staying in touch on this trip. I have fond hopes of building a website with photo-illustrated travelogs, but it is slow going due to some technical Read More …
Season 2 Preview
Preparatory to the 2006 season, Rod oversaw a major refit for Raven in New Zealand – repairs, replacements, and add-ons, so that when Mike and I came aboard in January she looked like a brand-new Read More …
Stuff To Do
Lots of running around in New Zealand getting started on winter projects. We are going to replace the Bomar hatches, have a full set of canvas made including a full awning for the tropics, Read More …
Safe Arrival
We pulled into Opua Harbor on a pretty Sunday afternoon, light winds and sunshine. Not a record-breaking trip due to headwinds, but nice and safe with no excitement. We’ve cleared customs and are now Read More …
Half-Way Point
We’re 53 hours and 458 nautical miles into our return trip to New Zealand. We planned to leave Wednesday but at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after reviewing the weather reports, Rod said let’s go – battened Read More …
Getting Ready to Leave
Suva is a place of grey skies and much rain. We stayed in port until Saturday morning, all of it under a drizzle – then headed for Kadavu for a shakedown sail to make Read More …
Preparations for Passage
Thursday was more of the same – errands and maintenance. Anouk is in the process of cooking up supplies of soup and casseroles for preparation-free meals during the passage (it’s hard to cook pounding through Read More …
Suva
Tuesday morning we awoke to the sound of the anchor chain being pulled up at 6:45 a.m. – Rod was apparently in a hurry to leave for Suva. We motored (no wind) across the Read More …
Water Sports
While still in Beqa Lagoon we took one last dive, returning to Glory Hole where we completed our first commercial dive last week. It was a spectacularly beautiful dive site and we wanted to return Read More …
Fruit Bats
A slow start this morning as we were waiting for high tide, having been told that the river here cuts through the entire island and when the water is high we can navigate it all Read More …