Onwards to Rangiroa
After just a few days of catching up on sleep, refueling, provisioning, misc repair jobs, etc., Raven and crew set sail for Rangiroa some 600 miles away. Rangiroa is located in an archipelago of atolls Read More …
Carol Parker Photography
Landfall at Nuku Hiva
Raven made landfall around midnight (French Polynesia time) last night! I’m sure the crew is already anticipating a well-deserved big celebration and some nice shore time in one of the most beautiful places on earth! Read More …
Weathering the storm!
How to Weather the Economic Storm! Maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, maybe not! At any rate a fun look into the mind of the designer of our new FPB and the reasoning behind the boat’s innovative Read More …
En route to French Polynesia
Raven set sail last Monday morning from La Paz on her way to the Marquesas in French Polynesia. Here in Tucson Mike and I have been receiving daily email reports from Rod giving us some Read More …
Nelson and Abel Tasman National Park
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand We’re down to our last full day in New Zealand – tomorrow we catch a flight from Nelson to Auckland, lay over a few hours, fly 12 hours from Auckland Read More …
From North to South Island
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand From Treetops we continued south to Hastings. Driving in New Zealand takes some getting used to – we’ve conquered driving on the opposite side of the road – but the Read More …
Treetops Lodge
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand I’m writing this from a sofa in a passenger lounge aboard the Interislander Ferry traversing Cook Strait from Wellington on the North Island to Nelson on the South Island. It Read More …
Circa Marine
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand Monday morning it was down to business – back to Circa Marine for in depth discussions and exploration of the boat. Todd Rickard, the FPB64 project manager, had flown in Read More …
Whangarei
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand Our schedule included nearly an entire week in the town of Whangarei where Circa Marine is located and where our FPB64 is under construction. The main purpose of our trip Read More …
Auckland and Waiheke Island
PHOTO GALLERIES 2009 New Zealand We had a perfect trip over to New Zealand – although there’s nothing to be done about the length of time it takes to get here! We left the house Read More …