Monday April 5th Little Glory Cove, Patterson Inlet, Stewart Island, NZ North from Port Adventure, the next safe harbor on Stewart Island is Patterson Inlet, where lots of nooks and crannies and small islands create good anchorages and interesting excursions. The most interesting of these to us upon arrival was the little town of Oban. …
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Stewart Island Arrival
We hit 47 degrees, 18.8 minutes south around mid-day yesterday. It is further south than the Cape of Good Hope, but Ushuaia, in South America, has us beat by seven degrees.
Heading Out
We have just dropped the mooring and are headed out into the Tasman Bay. The weather window to head south is not perfect, but the best we might get for several weeks. The reason it’s not perfect is because it looks a bit light (which really isn’t a bad thing when heading south). Wish us …
December ’19 in One Moment a Day
I LOVE spending the holidays with family and friends and we have been so fortunate this year to have been able to spend so much time with both. The girls had lots of fun with their “old” friends and spent a good amount of time with their cousins as well! We finished out 2019 with …
October ’19 in One Moment a Day
October was filled to the brim. We got lots of horse riding into the books, wine harvesting, fun with friends and family and the girls created and delivered a presentation about their lives as boat kids to a bunch of 5th-grade classes. We were also able to help evacuate the horses when the Kincade …
2 Nights in Venice
June 19 On June 19, in Florence Italy, we boarded a big red train that would take us from Florence to Venice. One hour and fifteen minutes later we arrived in Venice. We walked from the train station to the water bus with our 4 suitcases, 4 backpacks, and two instruments; a ukulele and a …
Tonga to New Zealand Passage – Day 12
Date: Sunday, November 12th 2018 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 35° 50.28’ S, 174° 28.13’ E (in a slip at Marsden Cove Marina) Distance to the Whangarei, New Zealand: 0 nm 24 hr. Distance covered: 98 nm A Day At Sea By Elizabeth Vawter Some people haven’t ever been sailing, some have. When …
Tonga to New Zealand Passage – Day 11
Tonga to New Zealand Passage – Day 11 Date: Sunday, November 11th 2018 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 34° 15′ S, 175° 01′ E COG:180 °T SOG: 5.0 kts (Engine on) Distance to the Whangarei, New Zealand: 98 nm 24 hr. Distance covered: 101 nm A DAY AT SEA by Adelaide Vawter Hello, my …
Tonga to New Zealand Passage – Day 10
Date: Friday, November 10th 2018 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 32° 40′ S, 175° 49′ E COG:197 °T SOG: 5.0 kts (Engine on) Distance to Whangarei, New Zealand: 193 nm 24 hr. Distance covered: 86 nm We had not seen a boat in 9 days and last night we saw the lights of four …
Tonga to New Zealand Passage – Day 9
Date: Friday, November 9th 2018 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 31° 17′ S, 176° 04′ E COG:173 °T SOG: 3.5 kts Distance to the New Zealand: 288 nm 24 hr. Distance covered: 107 nm The wind has lightened up again and clocked around to the north. Today we have the spinnaker poled out from …