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: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 - 23:24

Alrighty folks, just signing in to let you know we are now safely tied up to the Q dock at Opua. WE MADE IT - YAY! The Stella Airtronic diesel heater is doing its thing, the crew are adding to that

Posted: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 - 11:27

You just don?t get magical nights like last night often, and Sasha knew it. After a hearty dinner of Spaghetti Bolognese Mike set the night shift roster. After a few nights of captain favouritism

Posted: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 - 17:21

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM! Or should I say GOOD MORNING all 3.4 of our loyal YIT subscribers. SV MOONFISH is back, we (well, really just Sasha) has ingested coffee for the first time on this passage and

Posted: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 - 17:48

Ok, so Sasha is terribly happy that the sea state has changed! gawd that was horrible! Timmy you really picked the passage to miss - far out! Anyway what a difference a day makes, the sea is

Posted: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 - 18:00

All well on board? no vomiting today so that?s a highlight. All of the 6 or 7 boiled eggs have been eaten, so we are going to try our first cooked passage meal tonight? lasagne - fingers crossed

Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 - 17:36

All well on board? Sasha vomits = 2. Tony?s vomits = 2. Mike and Ross yet to donate to the King Neptune charity. It?s REALLY messy and choppy seas. Sasha mac laptop is acting up a bit, so if

Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 - 12:54

Sat phone connection test using YIT email template via onsatmail account

Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 - 12:51

Just a short note to test our YIT email template again via our onsatmail account. After this I will test our Sat phone connection to make sure that is all good to go. We are currently hoisting the

Posted: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 - 17:51

Alrighty folks, we're counting down the hours before we clear out of Fiji destined for the beautiful but rather chilly New Zealand. But before we... ha! ha! 'The Royal We' who am I kidding, we all

Posted: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 - 11:26

Ok, so a BIG FAT apology from Sasha who has been super SLACK with YIT updates this season. She blames it on learning how to surf, which has definitely been the highlight of this season and has meant

Posted: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 - 15:53

It’s Friday the 13th, we’ve been enjoying the warm waters of Fiji for almost two weeks now, so what better time to give you a run down on what’s been happening. This is.... dun dee-dee dun dummmm SV

Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 - 20:54

Just a short note to tell you all, that we are safe and sound and have cleared customs, immigration, bio-security, and health/quarantine. yup! All on a public holiday, apparently the last National

Posted: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 - 14:39

Well a lot has happened since we last typed. Yesterday evening, while Sasha was making mash potato to go with Mum Watson?s DELICIOUS beef stew, she heard the faint sound of Mike trying to shout

Posted: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 - 12:57

What did you do last night? After a delicious shepherds pie, we watched Mars, glowing like fire in the sky to our starboard. Top speed today has been 16.3knots. Mike and Tim are fighting about

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 19:54

Sasha?s just started shift, the 7pm to 10pm one, it?s the best out of the lot, because she gets to go to bed at 10pm, get up again at 4am for the last shift which also just happens to include

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 19:54

NOTE: just realised this email from earlier today probably didn?t get through, as I had missed a bit in the email template. A brilliant night sailing, full moon all the way, cruising along at 9?s

Posted: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 - 14:33

A brilliant night sailing, full moon all the way, cruising along at 9?s, 10?s and sometimes 11 knots, right the way through the night. Can?t ask for much more than that. Sasha did the first shift

Posted: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 - 13:54

We didn?t get to listen to GHRadio this morning, Sasha and Mike were sleeping and Tim was at the helm. It was a rather sleepless night caused by the messy seas, and MOONFISH hobby horsing through

Posted: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 - 16:12

Before Sasha gives you a run down of yesterday and this morning, she just wanted to give a shout out to Charlotty and Ricky Baker, thanks for your bon voyage gift, and really sorry I forgot it, I

Posted: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 - 11:18

Yesterday Team SV MOONFISH left Hobsonville marina and headed to Westhaven fuel dock. After filling up the diesel tanks and petrol cans, Capt?n Mike, First Mate Sasha, and Crewie Tim-o-Tei cleared

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