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: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 - 14:50

Ile Ducos, Baie Des Moustiques. We sailed into this bay, for a quiet place to eat the bacon and egg pie Sasha had just baked from scratch (including her first ever attempt at flaky pastry). The water

Posted: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Ilot Maitre, another small island from the coast of Noumea, this one has a resort on it, so the coast is somewhat ruined by gawdy looking over water bungalows. Apparently the kiting spot here is

Posted: Sun, 2 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Ile Nga, or Ile Laregnere. This wee island off the coast of Noumea city is a gleaming example of the French's positive influence. This island is stunning, white sandy beaches, and NZ Doc like

Posted: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 - 00:00

Baie de Citron - this is where we saw our first dugongs! Slowly eating their way through the 50kg of sea grass they eat every day! We also spent quite a bit of money here, the aquarium is awesome

Posted: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 - 10:26

Baie De Prony, Rade De L'ouest - we are on the mainland! And making our way to Noumea. Sasha is only a tad bit excited about hitting up the Noumea supermarche - CAN'T WAIT. Yesterday was a looooong

Posted: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 - 00:00

Another historical Yit position update, we up anchored and via Brush Island, re positioned to the much calmer Baie De Kunumera, what a stunning bay! With it's own exotic looking Tor. Mike and Sasha

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 - 00:00

We've got a bit of catching up to do with our yit anchorages. This is a retrospective update for the 24th of Sep when we were anchored in Baie de Kuto. It's a beautiful white powdered sandy beach

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 - 10:05

Gps location is from my iphone, so it may be a little off. All good anchored up at the Isle Of Pines, it's beautiful here. No wind, so looks like a day to go diving and hang with the turtles

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 - 04:06

Motoring along, been a quiet night, Mike did a longer watch, Sasha started at 2:40am. We have cellphone coverage here which is cool, so I'll post a couple Instagram pics.

Posted: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 - 21:39

We have very calm conditions tonight, as we make our way to the mainland of New Caledonia. Our final destination will be Isle Of Pines, apparently it has it all, it's like a mini New Cal with all

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 - 15:48

A big huge apology to Mike's family who are apparently (surprisingly) waiting with baited breath for the update we promised a few days ago. So much has happened I don't know where to begin! Ouvea

Posted: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 - 23:39

We have been in Ouvea for one night and two days now... A lot to write, will make sure we post a proper update tomorrow. All well on board.

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 - 08:15

SKY POND REUNION! I repeat! SKY POND REUNION! Tuesday was one of those days when you realise you are not only in the exact right place, but you are surrounded with all the right people. We had

Posted: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 - 13:06

WE MADE IT TO LIFOU! The last 24hours we did around 178 nautical miles, we are both stoked with how Moonfish handled herself during this passage, she kept us safe and sound. Early this morning

Posted: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 - 21:00

Apologies weâre a little late with this evenings YIT update, Iâll keep it short and sweet. The chicken went down very well! We have been sailing all day with two reefs in

Posted: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 - 09:51

LAND HO!!! At 7am this morning we had completed another 195 Nautical Miles in the past 24 hours, which we were pretty stoked with considering we slowed down to 4-6knots over night to be a little

Posted: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 - 17:12

Long day sail today, one teeny tiny flying fish came onboard, we gave him a respectable burial at sea. Eggs and baked beans went down well for breaky, paw paw for lunch with some cheese and

Posted: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 - 08:21

We listened to GHR this morning, thanks guys for the weather update, we really appreciate all the info you provide. Well it happenedâ¦ it had to happen eventually, and last night, after

Posted: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 - 18:24

. Never in Sashaâ€™s wildest dreams did she think she would be on passage, on a 48foot catamaran between tropical Fiji and exotic New Caledonia. But here she is, typing up our first YIT updates for

Posted: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 - 16:02

Been a few relaxed days here on SV MOONFISH, our sister ship turned up at Musket a couple of days ago, and anchored just behind us. Barry the owner of TWOCAN (a play on two cans, as in aluminium

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