MOONFISH

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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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MOONFISH - April 21, 2017
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Hello.... is this thing on? Hello? Testing 1, 2, 3! Well we're back!!! After 6 months of building up a cruising kitty, a new meal kit brand launched on time to plan, and SV MOONFISH just back in ... Read More
MOONFISH - November 1, 2016
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<p>Safe and sound back in our marina berth at Bayswater marina.</p>

MOONFISH - October 23, 2016
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Yet another container ship zoomed past early this morning. We attempted to tack, trying to get a good angle into Opua, but alas it was not to be, and we tacked back to port-tack to head further down ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 24, 2016
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We arrived at 8pm 23rd of Oct, at the Opua quarantine dock, we tried to eat all the bacon and eggs on board, but only got through two of the four packets of bacon. We have already been visited by Jo ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 22, 2016
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Weâ&#x80;&#x99;ve sighted (on AIS) another container ship Ningbo Dawn 807ft long! We must be getting close to home â&#x80;&#x93; thank goodness, as this messy sea is enough to make Sasha a ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 22, 2016
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Another choppy night of motor sailing, the seas have calmed somewhat this morning, which is a welcome change. We had our 3rd cargo ship pass by last night â&#x80;&#x93; Bright Hope a 558 ft ship ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 21, 2016
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Weâ&#x80;&#x99;ve been motor sailing with a Souâ&#x80;&#x99;Easter all day, it has recently gone straight south over the past couple hours. The sea has looked like black liquid metal all day long ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 21, 2016
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We are in the 30â&#x80;&#x99;s!! That southerly has well and truly arrived. Weâ&#x80;&#x99;ve been motor sailing in choppy seas all night. Weâ&#x80;&#x99;ve been headed a few times, so have ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 20, 2016
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We motored past Norfolk Island this morning, looks like a pretty cool place to visit, maybe next time. We had one large, lone dolphin come out to welcome us and he stayed with us for about 10mins ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 20, 2016
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Land Ho! Good morning NORFOLK ISLAND, great to see you and the sun this morning. Morning Patricia and David, we will be tuning in to GHR this morning, but wonâ&#x80;&#x99;t call in unless you need ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 19, 2016
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This morning we listened to GHR, thanks Patricia and David, great job as always. Tim-otei (first time listener this morning) thinks you guys deserve a medal for providing such a great service. Can ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 19, 2016
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Good morning everyone. We had a consistent easterly wind all night, and have made great progress with another 200 plus NM day. We had to divert course at about 3am as we had a large container ship ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 18, 2016
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Hi to Patricia from Gulf Harbour Radio! Patricia, Sasha intends to send a YIT update during her morning shift (3am to 6am) each day of passage, so we donâ&#x80;&#x99;t have to call in on our SSB, as ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 18, 2016
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We are off!! Got a very muffled transmission from GHR this morning (it will get clearer as we get further away from Noumea). Bring on Opua, New Zealand!! Mike, Sasha and Tim-oteh! On board and all ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 17, 2016
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Sitting on a mooring at Ilot Laregnere... We have cleared out of Noumea, and we head off first thing tomorrow. The current predict wind passage forecast has just (this avo) changed from 5-6 days to ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 16, 2016
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PUBLIC NOTICE: For anyone reading this blog, please note it has recently come to our attention that Sasha's description of SV SKYPOND's beautiful interior may have been comprehended by some readers ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 16, 2016
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Anchored at Baie de l'Orphelinat, yesterday we motor sailed into Noumea harbour from Ilot Maitre, where we'd had a rather large night catching up with Team SV ROCKSTAR, as well as new friends Dudley ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 14, 2016
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Lots of kiting at Ilot Maitre, Mike's practicing his unhooked rally's and backroll kite loops and Sasha is practising switch to toeside carves with a front kite loop. Having a lot of fun! Super ... Read More
MOONFISH - October 14, 2016
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MOONFISH - October 5, 2016
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Ile Tenia - a beautiful small island that we SUP'd right around this morning. Stunning white sandy beaches on its western side, crystal clear waters for hundreds of metres out. Turtles are EVERY ... Read More

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