Oasis

Tayana 37. Cutter rigged sloop. Built in Taiwan in 1983 a Bob Perry design. Owned by Kiwis Bob and Julie Mitchell, we have lived aboard in Auckland New Zealand for 3 years.

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Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 - 06:21

Just leaving the Gold Coast Seaway and heading to Pittwater. Forecast for NE later this morning . V light S at the moment . 380nm to go , last passage for a while .

Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 - 14:51

Just arrived at the entrance to the Brisbane River after a great trip .

Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 - 19:52

We have left and hopefully this will put us in the correct place - just at sea near Port Bundaberg

Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 - 18:38

Just about to leave Bundaberg Port Marina for Brisbane. We are travelling around Fraser Is and heading straight to Dockside Marina up the river in Brisbane . The sight seeing will have to wait until

Posted: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 - 11:51

Feeling pretty excited right now - we are in Australia - we are getting closer Jess and James (and Maxie) xxx, just arrived at Bundaberg marina and awaiting customs. No food at all left for them to

Posted: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 - 20:33

Currently 10 nm from northern end of Fraser Is. Beautiful light close hauled sail again today in a 5-8k NW. We were pushed south by the Eastern Australian Current so are now motorsailing with the

Posted: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 - 19:54

Motor sailing all day with main up in a 5k NW. Hot with clear skies.Similar forecast for tmw.ETA into Bundaberg still 0600 Mon 30/10. Tried to call Jess amd James today but discovered we only had 4

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 - 19:39

Stunning sailing today in a N 15k, we had to reduce sail to slow down again ! Now in a 10k NW and only 10nm from Australian waters :)All well on board and we are still on target to reach Bundaberg

Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 - 19:42

Very hot day today with light winds. Motor sailing for a while then not even enough wind to fill the drifter. Had a glass of rose in the sun around 4pm on the foredeck - mid Coral sea drinkies !! All

Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 - 19:45

Great day , 144nm in 24 hrs so averaging 6 knots in 10-15k SSE. Wind lightening now and seas getting calmer.Warm sunny day - no complaints. We only want to average 5.5 k so we arrive in Bundaberg

Posted: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 - 19:57

Left New Cal at 0645 this morning. Motored for 4 hrs then picked up the forecast S/SSE winds of around 10-12 k and have been sailing ever since averaging close to 6 knots. Beautiful weather and great

Posted: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 - 18:57

Last night in New Caledonia . What a stunning place - we can't wait to return . We will be leaving tomorrow morning and the passage will likely take us 6 days . It won't be fast as the weather looks

Posted: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 - 18:24

Anchored in Noumea at 1640. Customs clearance early tomorrow so now enjoying a beer and a rose :) Best passage sailing so far !! Really looking forward to exploring Noumea tomorrow - it looks so

Posted: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 - 19:06

Arrived at Lifou in the Loyalties at 0300. Spent day and left at 1630 for overnight passage to Noumea.Plan to arrive around 1700-1800 tomorrow. All well and wind direction in our favour :)

Posted: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - 19:24

Beautiful sail all day and night in 10-18k SE/ESE. Going a bit fast actually. Will likely anchor in Lifou in the Loyalties for 24 hrs before making next passage to Noumea which is another 130nm.

Posted: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 - 16:18

Just filling up with diesel and then on our way to New Caledonia !! Vanuatu has been wonderful and we will be back to do the northern islands :)

Posted: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 - 14:01

Anchored in Port Vila at 0630 after a great sail . Customs , biosecurity all done . Now waiting for berth on sea wall :)

Posted: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 - 17:01

Left Dillon's Bay , Erromango at 1530 . Sailing in a nice 15k NE - the wind has died already 30 mins later . Hopefully we will pick it up again soon or we will be motoring all the way to Port Vila

Posted: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 - 07:46

Just left Port Resolution for Dillon Bay at Erramango . Will stay there until Sunday and leave in the pm for an over nighter to Port Vila

Posted: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 - 08:03

Safely anchored in Port Resolution, Vanuatu :) Arrived 0650hrs after lovely sail overnight in a 10-15 k SE. We heave to for an hour offshore as we arrived a bit early.Looking forward to a shower etc

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