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: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 - 16:42

As we motored at sunset into South Minerva yesterday, a familiar accent came over the VHF. It was hard to distinguish what was being said, but we had that issue the first time we met Will from

Posted: Wed, 31 May 2017 - 16:45

We are just arriving at South Minerva Reef, there is one boat showing up on our AIS, but it does not detail a name or size. I guess we will find out soon enough who they are. Drew cut up the Tuna

Posted: Wed, 31 May 2017 - 11:09

We are now in a westly longitude, oh the warmth and sun is glorious! Another great night motor sailing, Drew started and Sasha got up at 10pm to take over. Sasha had a decent sail for about an hour

Posted: Tue, 30 May 2017 - 16:45

Whales, whales and more whales. We sighted whales this morning, wellâ¦ Drew did. And then this afternoon while we sipped cold beers, and enjoyed a twistie or two Drew all of a sudden was

Posted: Tue, 30 May 2017 - 08:27

Last night, Sasha started watch at 6:15pm and went through to 9:45pm, then Drew hopped on helm, and was taken over by Mike who woke up around midnight. Mike did a marathon 4 hours on helm, and woke

Posted: Mon, 29 May 2017 - 16:51

Another lovely day of motor sailing. We have had our black asymmetrical genneker up all day, itâs given us another 1 to 2 knots on top of one motor. Sasha cooked up her signature

Posted: Mon, 29 May 2017 - 11:18

Arrrrrrh me hearties, weâve raised the BLACK! Thatâs right, secret weapon two has been deployed. Our beautiful black asymmetrical genneker is up along with our mainsail, the

Posted: Sun, 28 May 2017 - 17:00

Super Mike has figured out what is wrong with the auto pilot, and will need to take the steering wheel off to complete repairs, so we are hand steering to Minerva, where we can take the wheel off

Posted: Sun, 28 May 2017 - 10:18

First day done and dusted, we had the screecher up all night, Sashaâs top speed was 16knots, Drew had 14knots, and Mike had 15.5, it was a quick, black as night sail that is for sure

Posted: Sat, 27 May 2017 - 17:00

Well we are finally off! And what a fantastic start! Screecher is up, as is our main sail, and we are enjoying a lovely sail. Lunch was champagne ham and castello cheese sandwiches, with fresh

Posted: Sat, 27 May 2017 - 09:30

Well, we're still alive, having used the pressure cooker for the first time. Sasha made a delicious Chinese Beef which tasted like it had been simmering away for a day, but the handy dandy pressure

Posted: Fri, 19 May 2017 - 12:12

test to check YIT email template for when we head offshore.

Posted: Fri, 19 May 2017 - 11:01

Yes, we are still here, and yes we like hanging next to Pirate Island, in the very brown waters here at Opua. We've had a busy few days waiting for the unsettled weather up in the islands to stop

Posted: Mon, 8 May 2017 - 13:54

Ah, we remember this, chilled out sunny days in the Bay. The sweet sweet luxury of time. Tui chorus and tourist boats each entering and exiting our awareness. It has been like summer the past couple

Posted: Thu, 4 May 2017 - 18:43

Donna... my mother warned me about hanging out with girls like you! Sounds like such a sweet and innocent name doesn't it? Well, that cheeky bird has had the nerve to delay our departure to the warm

Posted: Tue, 2 May 2017 - 15:36

Made it to Opua, safely anchored and all is well.

Posted: Tue, 2 May 2017 - 08:08

A stunning ly cold sunrise met us at the mouth of Tutukaka harbour this morning at 7:40am. With hot cups of tea in our bellies, and our new Gull evotherm core insulation technology cold weather gear

Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 18:34

We made it to Tutukaka harbour just before sunset. Great sail up the coast today, with bacon & egg wraps for brunch. Hope to reach Opua tomorrow.

Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 08:57

See ya later Auckland! We're off up north, stand by Opua, Team SV MOONFISH is on the way!

Posted: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 - 22:25

Tonight is our last night at the marina. Tomorrow we start our way north to Opua to join the ICA rally up to the pacific islands. Today we spent the day with Mike's family, dropping off Mike's

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