Surreal II

ZMA2074 Surreal II is a 47 foot Lavranos catamaran launched in 2007, current owners are Allan & Lyn Boyce.

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Posted: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 - 16:09

Monday 22nd October and now mid afternoon, the big news today is we made it to Marsden Cove marina just after 11am, so we are legally back in NZ waters and territory. The Biosecurity and Customs

Posted: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 - 13:42

Sunday 21st October late morning & less than 24hrs to go to Marsden Point, the sun is shining, the sky is clear blue and there's hardly a ripple on the water ..... which means one thing - no wind

Posted: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 - 10:57

Saturday 20th October late morning & we're still heading south with all haste, in fact this blog could quite easily be 'ditto yesterday', although over the last hour our progress has slowed to around

Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 - 11:33

Friday 19th October late morning & we're still heading south with all haste, having made good speed for the last 24hrs since our previous blog & currently doing 9kts in 20kts breeze direct to our

Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 - 11:09

Thursday 18th October late morning & we're heading south with all haste, having left Minerva Reef yesterday just after 11am. The first of the 11 boats hunkering down in Minerva Reef started leaving

Posted: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 - 06:57

Wednesday 17th October late morning & we're still safely anchored in Minerva reef along with 10 other boats after another 2 arrived yesterday morning. The wind has continued howling since we got

Posted: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 - 12:42

Monday 15th October late morning & we're now safely anchored in Minerva reef along with 7 monohulls and 1 catamaran, entering through the reef around 10.20 after significantly reducing our sail plan

Posted: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 - 06:51

Sunday 14th October early morning & 15hrs in to our homeward journey to NZ having cleared customs and departed from Nuku'alofa just after 16.30 yesterday afternoon, currently fairly hard on the 20kts

Posted: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 - 16:36

Thursday 11th October early afternoon and currently alongside in the small boat harbour in Nukualofa having spent last night anchored of Pangaimotu island. So after a fairly pleasant night anchored

Posted: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 - 12:42

Tuesday 9th October morning and we're anchored just off the island of Nomuka Iki, we arrived here late yesterday afternoon, having sailed from Ha'afeva Island. On Sunday morning we awoke at

Posted: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 - 17:30

Saturday 6th October and we're anchored just outside Ofolanga reef, its very hot and virtually no wind, so we've just put up the sun shade tent for the first time in many months! So on Thursday we

Posted: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 - 10:12

Thursday 4th October and we're anchored just outside Neiafu main harbour, near Lotuma Island, its early morning and the rain has just started again! So, we stayed hidden away in Pangaimotu Bay all

Posted: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 - 14:24

Saturday 29th September late afternoon and anchored in Pangaimotu Bay, a very quiet and still anchorage, well protected from the 15-20kts of wind blowing on the other side. On Thursday morning we

Posted: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 - 17:57

Wednesday 26th September late afternoon and anchored to the west of Kenutu island. We had a wonderfully quiet Sunday evening and night in Hunga lagoon on the mooring buoy ....... no anchor chain

Posted: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 - 19:45

Sunday 23rd September late afternoon in Hunga Lagoon, Tonga, the sun has been shining unabated for the last 3 days and today has been very hot as we've had not a breath of wind all day ........ this

Posted: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 - 13:42

Thursday 20th September afternoon in Fangakima Bay/Port Maurelle, Tonga and the weather is terrible, we've had torrential rain since first thing this morning, although it is easing a little now. So

Posted: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 - 16:03

Monday 17th September late afternoon in Neiafu, Tonga and today is a Tongan Public holiday to celebrate the Birthday of HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, the heir apparent. Anyway, on Friday we

Posted: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 - 08:54

Friday 14th September in Neiafu, Tonga on a cool, overcast and breezy morning. So, on Tuesday at 4pm, Allan duly received our clearance paperwork, complete with additional crew member 'Michael' the

Posted: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 - 15:54

Tuesday 11th September on a bright, sunny and hot mid afternoon and again from Niuatoputapu, Tonga. We had a very quiet night at anchor on Sunday after a roast beef dinner washed down with some

Posted: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 - 15:27

Sunday 9th September late afternoon and again very soon beer o'clock ........ in Niuatoputapu, a small island in the Niuas group of Tonga. So, after a pleasant evening ashore with company from

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