MOONFISH

Moonfish was built in Kerikeri in 2010. Owners Mike and Sasha purchased Moonfish in Dec 2014, and sailed her up to the South Pacific in 2016 for their first taste of cruiser life. Join the SV MOONFISH adventure here, on Instagram and on Facebook. 2018 is gonna be epic! Contact us at svmoonfish @ gmail. com (just remove all the spaces in the email address as this reduces spam emails)

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Posted: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 - 18:54

We made it to our destination Fulaga without any issues, we had a great passage that was kick started around 5:30pm with both reels whizzing off - double hit! We reeled in two massive yellow fin

Posted: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 - 12:18

It feels like we are anchored in a massive version of the log flume ride at Rainbows end (without the cave gnomes). We've just come back from a short stand up paddle, around some of the mushroom

Posted: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 - 00:00

Short update to place in the YIT diary, Horse Bay (not Horse Shoe Bay as many a cruiser was calling it over the vhf while we were there). A lovely anchorage, with white sandy beaches, and large

Posted: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 - 10:51

Community Notice: WE HAVE NO INTERNET SERVICE HERE, so please do not think us rude if you are emailing or texting our cellphones as we can?t get internet at the moment. If you need to contact us

Posted: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 - 17:27

On Sunday the 25th of June, we up?d anchor and headed away from Daliconi village, after a wonderful feast, and not after we headed into shore in the morning to give Simeti (who we met up the hill) a

Posted: Sat, 24 Jun 2017 - 10:15

Warning, long update ahead, grab a cuppa and enjoy. Oh how the world is a different place with a full tummy and a good night?s sleep! Yesterday Sasha and Mike woke refreshed after a very peaceful

Posted: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 - 17:45

All well on board. What a passage!! Scary with 30 odd yachts all making the same passage, several near misses, one boat ran straight up on to the reef as we watched it. More to come. Just know we

Posted: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 - 23:39

Sasha?s just taken over on shift, it?s 11pm. It?s official we have left Neiafu, Vava?u, Tonga, and are on our way to the Southern Lau, in Fiji. We?re scheduled to check into Fiji in a small village

Posted: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 - 10:03

Well here we are at Malafakalava, yup great name eh? We've finally eased our way into the more relaxed pace of cruising life, it took a couple months to fully unwind. Sasha always takes some time

Posted: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 - 10:59

After leaving Pangai, Ha’apai Beach Resort, we headed north to the Haano Island, at the top of the Ha’apai group. When we got there we were the only boat anchored (however that never lasts long as

Posted: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 - 15:21

It's official, WE LOVE TONGA and we have found paradise! We are in a place called the Blue Lagoon, and OH MY GOD is it heaven! We'll post again tomorrow with a proper update as we've had some

Posted: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 - 20:33

All well on board. Arrived in Pangai this morning and have had the busiest day since we left! Got into Pangai harbour and the customs officials cleared us almost immediately, which was great as we

Posted: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 - 16:03

Been a hum dinger of a day for sailing, consistent trade winds from the sou east have meant we have been screaming along with our mainsail and about half of our headsail furled out. Pappy

Posted: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 - 10:45

An uneventful night sail, with Auto doing all the hard yards. Sasha started off at 6:30pm and went through to 10pm, Drew took over from 10pm to 12:30ish and then Mike was up to do a long four hour

Posted: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 - 16:54

Well weâve left Minerva, and are on our way to Tonga. It was a slow start with not much wind at all, but all of a sudden we had a little more blow and MOONFISH was off, with mainsail and

Posted: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 - 08:57

Just realised this update may not have gone through. What a lusciously relaxed day we have had today, cup of tea in bed while reading the last pages of Castaway. Mike has started reading An Island

Posted: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 - 08:57

Cuppa in bed this morning 5th June, and then straight into downloading the weather forecasts, and listing to the cruisers on 08 VHF all talking about what the wind is doing. The boys are preparing

Posted: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 - 15:15

What a lusciously relaxed day we have had today, cup of tea in bed while reading the last pages of Castaway. Mike has started reading An Island To Oneself, he reckons we should head to Suvarov

Posted: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 - 14:48

Well Drew The Crewâs fish pie went down very well last night, our last dinner at South Minerva. We motor sailed up to North Minerva today, only took a couple of hours. Sasha made

Posted: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 - 17:06

Yesterday evening we had the three young lads from Kittiwake on board for some beers, and a large pan of roasted pumpkin and kumara. More sea tales where told, and Red and FX seemed a little more

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