Bella Vita

Bella Vita is a Hylas 45.5 sloop with Brett and Stacey on board. We left Seattle, Washington in the fall of 2012 and traveled down the coast into Mexico, than across the South Pacific, with stops at all the usual places on the coconut milk run in 2013. 2014 was spent between New Zealand and Fiji. During 2015 we traveled from Fiji to Vanuatu, to New Caledonia, before heading to Australia for the cyclone season. During 2016 we plan work our way north to Darwin, than join the Sail Indonesia rally through Indonesia before moving on to Malaysia and Thailand!

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Posted: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 - 22:19

After a couple days in the NW anchorage at Kangean Island, we've made our way to Bawean Island for a quick rest before yet another overnight passage up to Kumai to see the orangutans - can hardly

Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 - 04:00

Decided to head to the SE section of the Kangean Islands for a little quite time after being part of the rally pack for so long. Ended up anchoring off of Saur Island - which was a very lovely spot

Posted: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 - 04:00

Had about 10 wonderful days in Lovina while renewing our visa's. Bali is an amazing place and I can see why so many tourists love it! I was happy we were in a smaller community that doesn't see

Posted: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 - 17:25

Anchored in the beautiful Gili Air with many of the other Sail Indonesia rally boats. We will likely stay here for several more days just enjoying the good restaurants, lovely snorkeling and new

Posted: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 - 16:17

A quick overnight stop to see the great Komodo dragons on Rinca Island. What an amazing experience! Not only did we see the dragons in the wild on our hike, but we also saw dear, native birds and

Posted: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 - 16:53

Spent 3 wonderful days on a mooring ball at Gili Lawa Darat in Komodo National Park just snorkeling and relaxing all by ourselves. Very peaceful and an absolutely beautiful anchorage with soft

Posted: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 - 15:31

We've been anchored in Labuan Badjo for the last 3 days. It's a beautiful anchorage with all these amazing looking big live-aboard dive boats waiting to take all the tourists out to the many dive

Posted: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 - 14:51

We are currently anchored in front of the SeaWorld resort in Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia. We've made a few nice stops since Alor, including a fabulous stop at Kroko - what a beautiful spot

Posted: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 - 20:15

We've officially left the womb of Kupang and are now nicely anchored in Kalabahi Bay - where it's very quiet and just a light breeze.

Posted: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 - 18:55

We made it to Kupang after an uneventful trip from Darwin. We've been here about 5 days and have really enjoyed getting to know some of our fellow rally boats along with some of the rally events

Posted: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 - 02:30

We arrived in Darwin after a two night passage. Totally lucked out and timed the passes perfectly, so didn't have to stop and wait! So happy to finally be able to stop and smell the roses for a bit

Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 - 13:50

Anchored just north of Galiwinku on Elcho Island in the Wessels Island group. Have found some internet (thanks Galiwinku!) and so are just taking a day or two to catch up and relax after putting in

Posted: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 - 13:44

Two nights at Thursday Island and then we are off to enjoy a few days at the Wessel Islands after crossing the Gulf of Carpenteria. That passage will take just over two full days and we will be glad

Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 - 17:42

We've had a couple of days at Lizard Island and enjoyed some good, some bad snorkeling. The snorkeling around the Clam Garden (within the anchorage) was absolutely amazing! Tons of huge clams

Posted: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 - 19:03

Staying at the Marlin Marina in Cairns to do one last major provision before our final big push north to Darwin. Cairns is beautiful and I wish we had more time to be tourists instead of needing to

Posted: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 - 19:21

<p>Staying in a slip at the Townsville Yacht Club for a couple of days before heading to Cairns.</p>

Posted: Tue, 24 May 2016 - 12:14

Looking forward to enjoying some snorkeling in around Hook Island before heading out to Hook and Bait reef later this week. Currently staying in Stonehaven - beautiful and wonderfully calm after so

Posted: Wed, 18 May 2016 - 08:13

Quick stop in Mackay to reprovision before heading out for the Whitsunday Islands.

Posted: Wed, 11 May 2016 - 02:00

<p>Stopped at Port Clinton to wait out some high winds after a nice stay at Lady Musgrave. Heading north to the Whitsunday Islands - can't wait to get there!</p>

Posted: Tue, 3 May 2016 - 19:44

Heading for Bundaberg, on our way to Great Barrier and the Whitsunday's!

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