Navire

Pacific 38 sloop. Sailed to Fiji, Rotuma, Tuvalu, Kirbati and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Staying there until April 2017. Crew David Mason and Janet Nixon

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Posted: Sat, 16 May 2015 - 07:44

at entrance to Minerva. Good conditions

Posted: Fri, 15 May 2015 - 17:18

COG 34T. Speed 5.8 under motor, wind 12 N, 60% cloud cover - mackerel sky, bar 1010.2. ETA Minerva 0900 sat, give or take. Minerva Reef in the morning, all going to plan. Slow upwind slog these

Posted: Fri, 15 May 2015 - 07:36

88m to Minerva

Posted: Thu, 14 May 2015 - 07:40

hdg to N Minerva

Posted: Thu, 14 May 2015 - 01:13

Its midnight out here, motoring through an inky black calm sea, under a starry sky. There is no wind. A gentle breeze is our ideal as we had all day yesterday, but I'll put up with no wind compared

Posted: Tue, 12 May 2015 - 12:11

After motoring for 27 hours we're sailing fast over easy seas. It's getting warmer - light clothes on night watch. Almost half way to Minerva. Great passage. Thai chicken curry for lunch today, our

Posted: Tue, 12 May 2015 - 08:03

TX for radio now sorted and loud and clear at GHRadio. All well

Posted: Mon, 11 May 2015 - 17:07

Flat calm and motoring. Sunny, warm and, apart from the engine, very pleasant. Moroccan chicken with rice and crunchy salad yesterday. Cottage pie with carrots and cauliflower with hollandaise sauce

Posted: Sun, 10 May 2015 - 11:28

Twenty four hours at sea and all good. Light winds and slow going but this journey has begun. Next stop Minerva reef, in about 6 days time. Who can say when next we'll have our feet on NZ soil? Piet

Posted: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 - 16:21

Eight days till the first day we can cast off for the thousand mile trip to Fiji. Piet, our friend and trusty crew member, arrives on May 3 and we take the first good weather window after that. A

Posted: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 - 07:30

Happy birthday David! David is 65 today. Call or text him on 0274253529, or email on davidmason400@gmail.com. We're having a small celebration aboard today with cake and candles. Cheers Janet Bay

Posted: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 - 13:09

How did this happen? We’re aground on a ¼ acre section in Rawene. Heard of Rawene? Cute town. Sweetest village in the north. We’ve gone mad and bought 2 McDonell St. We weren’t long in warmer waters

Posted: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 - 12:14

> Settled in at Russell for a while doing boat jobs. My phone is not picking up service so if anyone wants to call or text use 0274253529. Cheers Janet

Posted: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 - 18:18

> Arrived at Bay of Islands this afternoon. Sloppy seas on coast on the way up. Been out of range at Whangamumu for a couple of days. Navire looking gorgeous with her clean bottom and polished

Posted: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 - 06:16

Cyclone Pam is coming ever nearer. Apparently the worst will be here tonight. We are perched on props in a boat yard in Whangarei, preparing the boat to get CAT1. Its wet and windy out. The decks

Posted: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 17:06

> > > > Life is very good up here in the north. We are moored at Waiheke Island on our way to Whangarei to haul out and start our CAT 1 process (certification to be able to leave NZ shores). I have

Posted: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 - 17:06

> > > > Life is very good up here in the north. We are moored at Waiheke Island on our way to Whangarei to haul out and start our CAT 1 process (certification to be able to leave NZ shores). I have

Posted: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 - 09:34

Settled in at Putiki Bay at Waiheke Island. So much happening that haven't had time to do post blogs since arriving at Great Barrier Island. Barrier was three weeks of meeting excellent people

Posted: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 - 16:16

We are settled at Smokehouse Bay at Great Barrier Island doing a long overdue deck painting job and resting up from our hectic social life. From here we go back to Waiheke visiting, Auckland visiting

Posted: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 - 08:42

Janet is very appreciative of one of you drawing her attention to our coordinates east of Japan. She hadn't, until then, realised that we had taken this journey and is now, thanks to you, tickled

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