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Libertalia is a 40 Leopard Catamaran owned by a late-30's Kiwi couple who are currently cruising the south pacific islands.

Crew are Zane and Michelle

Posted: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 - 13:14

After a few typical last minute issues, we are all fueled up and good to go! We've cleared out with customs and are now out of here! Its blowing out there, but its the right direction, so we will see

Posted: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 - 16:18

So... 24 hours ago we set off up the Whangarei river. After waving farewell, the breeze kicked in and we had a magical sail out into the welcoming sea beyond. The water was flat and calm, the breeze

Posted: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 - 16:48

We're on the way! ...somewhere. The old chart plotter has been unceremoniously dumped and the shiny new one is installed. We're on our way to Opua and might be able to leave NZ on Monday. It was

Posted: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 - 17:00

We thought the yard had overcharged for the length of stay, but sure enough, we had really been there for 12 days! We were working so hard we didn't notice the time flying by. Our time 'on the hard'

Posted: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 - 13:13

We've left the marina, braved the stormy weather, and made it to the slipway! The camera stays hidden away from stormy weather and only comes out to play with the rainbows in the dry Might think

Goodbye Auckland... see you again... one day!

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Posted: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 - 00:00

Working on the engines and getting our offshore communications sorted again. Engines needed a good run so we finally get to drop the anchor after an eternity trapped in the marina. We managed to

Posted: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 - 11:48

Its getting c. cc... ccoold. Hoping to head off for Fiji in a few weeks!

Posted: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 - 07:27

We just got mobile coverage and had a quick look at YIT... blimey, i see what you mean! Look at all those boats!!! it might look like we are stacked up, but there is thousands of miles of ocean

Posted: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 - 07:19

Helloooo New Zealand! The wind picked up as forecast, in fact a lot more than forecast, and from much further forward! So it was one last bumpy beat into NZ just to shake out the cobwebs. We are

Posted: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 - 20:43

We have just finished transferring 120 small peanut butter jars of fuel from one fuel tank to the other - that's 60 litres for the uninitiated. We are doing an awful lot of motoring on this dog leg

Posted: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 - 14:10

Noumea was looking tempting there for a while but we have places to be so we continue the slog to NZ. It's not too bad, we are now motoring in a 15knot head wind and actually pointing at our

Posted: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 - 09:45

At 4pm yesterday we sat on the bow steps drinking coke with lime, talking about how beautiful the sailing was - blue skies, flat seas, and just enough wind to keep us cranking with the full sail

Posted: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 - 20:03

We have crossed over to the other side :) This e-mail was delivered via satellite phone using Iridium Mail & Web software. Please be kind and keep your replies short.

Posted: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 - 19:20

We can just make out the lights of Niue. We had hoped to visit, but time is not our friend and so we sail past another country just close enough to see. This has been a very fast trip with ~25knots

Posted: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 - 10:55

Day 3 since leaving the officially uninhabited island of Maupelia. This would be disputed by Edgar who lives there with a few others and went Spearfishing with us and then cooked up all the fish we

Posted: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 - 18:33

Apparently, there is a tsnuami chasing us but this has really been the >best passage. Nothing is broken, the water is also where it is supposed >to be, the sun is shining, and the wind is even coming

Posted: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 - 18:33

<p>We made it through the pass despite huge waves and strong opposing current. Maupiti is a beautiful place and we wish we had more time.<zaneandshell@myiridium.net></zaneandshell@myiridium.net></p>

Posted: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 - 09:05

Apparently, there is a tsnuami chasing us but this has really been the best passage. Nothing is broken, the water is also where it is supposed to be, the sun is shining, and the wind is even coming

Posted: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 - 00:00

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