Kindred Spirit

Kindred Spirit is a Venus 46, built in 1984. She is a moderate displacement, fiberglass, center cockpit, solent rigged, monohull ketch, which we significantly customized before we began cruising full time. Since early 2001, she has taken us in comfort and safety across 50,000 miles of ocean, beginning in Baltimore, MD in a snowstorm. We are completing a total refit in New Zealand, and hope to depart for Fiji soon.

brad and Gloria departing Sept 2015 for Fiji.

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Posted: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 - 09:24

beating very slowly and with great difficulty down the east coast of NA, headed for Opua, 29 nm south and an eternity away. all is well on board, tired, disgusted.

Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 - 04:48

all is well on board. Motor sailing, as we have been since Tuesday. Ran into strong adverse current at 30S;173.15E. Current axis basically n/s. Slowed us down 1.5-2.0 kts. Stayed in current 5

Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 - 05:57

all is well on board. estimate arrival Whangarei Sunday morning. 428 nm to go. we continue well fed, well rested, and in good spirits. day's run to 1700 yesterday 126 nm, due to chasing wind for

Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 - 04:27

all is well on board. beginning to feel some swell, but not much. dark night, can't see much, but boat is moving a bit more occasionally. still a two handed typing morning, though. seas have been

Posted: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 - 06:18

all is well on board. Motorsailing since 1800 yesterday. We had a grand sail yesterday in 15-18 kts apparent and almost flat seas. We hardened up and enjoyed the ride. Very comfortable past day and

Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 - 05:45

all is well on board. Got big lift from backing wind about 1000 utc, but wind remains 15-24kts. Haven't found center of hi yet..we are pinching a little to avoid going further west.

Posted: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 - 03:57

all is well on board. Looking forward to wind shift.

Posted: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 - 06:15

all well on board. double reefed, sailing at 60 deg to apparent wind

Posted: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 - 08:54

Clearing out of Fiji at Vuda this morning.

Posted: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 - 09:06

Getting ready to leave Fiji for NZ. Expect Friday departure, subject to weather.

Posted: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 - 14:26

Launched yesterday after major repair of cyclone damage sustained during TC Winston. All is well now.

Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 - 08:29

arrived and settling in. probably wondering why they came to this weather!

Posted: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 - 20:28

Went through Navula Passage at sunrise Wednesday, after heaving to in the lee of Viti Levu for a couple hours to await daylight. Spent most of the day waiting for and dealing with friendly Customs

Posted: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 - 07:53

all is well on board. very fast, bouncy night, expect more of same until in fiji tomorrow. 165nm to go.

Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 - 08:32

all Ok on board

Posted: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 - 12:27

got under way about 9:30 Sunday morning. all systems seem ok.

Posted: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 - 20:09

Hove to but at least moving in the right direction. This report from Maritme Radio

Posted: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 - 07:57

hove to, riding well. steering failure last evening, hove to for repair. problem found, solved, we think, but will not know until under way. some deck work necessary from hurried sail dousing and

Posted: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 - 07:37

wind shift about 0530, waiting for wind to fill and settle down in a direction. Once wind fills, we can shut off the faithful engine. May have to sail a bit east of route to keep wind on one side of

Posted: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 - 08:01

motoring still, no wind in sight. conditions comfortable, all is well on board. have been in favorable for about 12 hrs, moving right along. socks off yesterday, hooray. beef wellington dinner

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