On Ian's mooring in French Farm at Akaroa probably for the next 2 weeks at least. So far 2 offers of vehicle to do shopping when required from these amazingly generous folk down here.

On Ian's mooring French Farm, Akaroa. Motor sailed into light N/NW for 16 hrs then 25/30 kn SE arrived to give a very bumpy sail to Akaroa Heads. 3 reefs in main very small genoa (probably should have waited for next S change)

Depart Port Charlmers for Akaroa

On visitors mooring Port Chalmers. Great passage, mainly sailing. Very rolly with 15kn SW until around midnight. Then W shift and neat moonlight reach 50 mile across Molyneux Bay until wind faded at dawn

Depart Oban 0900 for Port Chalmers. ETA Port Chalmers 1200 13 Mar

anchored in Deep Bay in Lords River. Light NE so had to motor from Port Pegasus.

anchored in Disappointment Cove. Ardmachree, Perryaire, Felix le Cat occupying the mooring line tied in close to the shore. No issue though as only 25kn SW expected tonight.

anchored in Tunnel cove at entrance to Evening Cove. Tied in close to the shore using mooring lines to shelter from tonight's 40+ kn

had a great day exploring Settlement Anchorage and water fall. Now anchored NW end of Cooks Arm Port Pegasus. Totally surrounded by land but now being visited by sand flies. Caught 3 blue cod last night so looking fwd to dinner tonight.

anchored Abrahams Bosom in Port Adventure. Glorious summers day not a cloud in the sky. Almost swimmable.

anchored inside Rosa Island, Port Pegasus. A clear sky and a gentle autumn afternoon after a crappy 3 hours motoring into 30+ kn over the last 6 miles. If we had been further out when the wind shift arrived I might have turned around and headed to Lords River

anchored Abrahams Bosom in Port Adventure. Glorious summers day not a cloud in the sky. Almost swimmable.

On local fisherman's mooring close to main wharf in Oban.

On local fisherman's mooring in Kaipipi Bay. Expecting Gale to arrive this afternoon. Stewart Island had its summer yesterday. Minimum cell coverage on the bow sprit. Nice and warm inside with heater on.

anchored in Kaipipi Bay. Some more inlets to explore. Should be better for the blow on Sunday. Very shallow but should just at low at float tide. No cell coverage.

anchored in Kidney Fern arm Prices Inlet. Some inlets to explore. Should be good for the next blow on Sunday

anchored in Goose Bay in Little Glory Cove. Nice but I miss Sailors Rest already. 2 other yachts in the next bay but otherwise very quiet

anchored in a very small cove called Sailors Rest in Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island. Motor sail from Dunedin ok but very wet overnight.

berthed at Otago Yacht Club Marina

moored in Careys Bay

Anchored Portobello Bay

Arrived Port Chalmers 1530. Anchored Hamilton Bay just as the blow arrived

departing 0600 Oamaru,for Port Chalmers ETA 1800 11 Jan

Arrived Oamaru harbour 0800. Entering would be impossible at low tide. The main wharf, now abandoned is home to a massive cormorant colony the stench of which covers the harbour. Will explore ashore tomorrow.

departing 0600 Akaroa harbour for Oamaru, ETA 0800 01 Jan

on mooring in French Farm, Akaroa harbour. Motored most of the way from Lyttelton.

anchored Corsair Bay, Lyttleton. Ready for a sleep.

anchored Corsair Bay, Lyttleton. Ready for a sleep.

anchored Wharehunga Bay Q. C. Sound. No cell ph access.

anchored Chance Bay Bay. Another safe storm anchorage according to s/y Seabird. No cell ph access or broadcast radio reception. VHF ok

anchored Ngawhakawhiti Bay. Safest storm anchorage in the sounds according to s/y Seabird. No cell ph access or broadcast radio reception.

moored at Wells Boat builders, Whakatahuri, in Forsythe Bay. These well known craftsmen have built a number of the current Waitemata Woodies. The fore shore shows they have also deconstructed vessels in their past

Depart Nelson 0900 heading toward Picton. Outgoing tide pushed us through French Pass with plenty of Whirlpools and max boat speed 10.3kn. now anchored in "Cherry Tree Bay' Catherine Cove.

Anchored in "The Anchorage'. A very cool place and a popular spot in the summer. It has no cell phone reception. The "Sea Shuttle", a passenger catamaran from Nelson, simply rests its nose on the beach throws out a ramp and passengers walk ashore.

Sailed out of Bay of Many Coves. Didnt get very far. Anchored in Otanerau Bay. All well on board.

on mooring TBCC Homestead sth. Fish for dinner again.

Sailed out of Bay of Many Coves. Didnt get very far. Anchored in Otanerau Bay. All well on board.

Arrived Waikawa Marina, Picton. A great trip with only a cup broken and one cap lost overboard. Bob got the weather right and Roger was a great crew. The lesson of the Tasman crossing was avoiding the swells of the previous depression and arrive NZ before the next.

Sailed fast all night in S wind 12 to 15. SW swell minimal. Roger got the Moro bar for spotting Farewell light at 0515 and then land at 0630. Have to sail/motor slowly across Tasman Bay so we arrive at Queen Charlotte sound entrance at dawn for Saturday arrival Picton. Its a nonsense to have to sail past Nelson to clear in. The Nelson staff have to drive to Picton to clear us. All well on board.

Sailing well all day in S wind 12 to 15. SW swell minimal. currently 85 mile to Farewell Spit. Might have to have to heave too in Tasman Bay so we arrive at Queen Charlotte sound at dawn for Saturday arrival Picton. Will see NZ at dawn. All well on board. Spoke with Taupo Maritime Radio yesterday.

motoring until 1230. W breeze 10 kn filled but now dropping. SW swell minimal. Looks like Saturday arrival Picton. All well on board. Having dificulty raising Taupo Maritime Radio

another slow day alternately motoring or trying to sail with little wind. SW swell still running but easing. All well on board. Having difficulty raising Taupo Maritime Radio

slow day alternately motoring or trying to sail with little wind. SW swell still running but easing. Finally turned for Picton All well on board especially Roger as its his birthday.

Very windy last night now dropping and veering slowly but will stay on 090 tonight. All well on board but boat rolling in SW swell when wind drops yugh.

Wind still backing so slowly changing towards 080 as wind shifts further. All well on board.

Wind shifting so gybed onto new course,will come to 080 as wind shifts further. All well on board.

GOOD wind all day sailing 6 to 8 kn, Cloud building to S. All well on board. Beef Curry for dinner tonight

no wind all day, been motoring. Cloud building to N. now sailing. All well on board.

no wind, motoring. Gorgeous sunset. All well on board. 1st of James chilly dinners tonight

depart Tasmania via Denison Canal for Picton. Gorgeous sunset. All well on board.

departed Hobart 0900 bound for Picton via Denison Canal at 1530 hr. Spirare just astern.

anchored Cygnet. Taking Roger on tiki tour while we wait for a weather window to depart for Picton

on MAST mooring Port Arthur

anchored in Coalbins Bay. Recherche Bay the southernmost protected anchorage in Tasmania

anchored behind Rabbit Island waiting for yet another front to pass

anchored behind Sandy Point in river at Dodges Ferry. 5 hr motor from Hobart

alongside public dock upper Huon River. Very pretty motoring up very narrow waterway. Tannin makes the river water the colour of dark tea. Jaime and Linda on SOL are also here

anchored Franklin Town on Huon River.

anchored Deep Bay, Port Cygnet. Great sail down the D'Entrecasteaux Channel from Oyster Cove, Port Kettering.

anchored Taranna

anchored King George Sound sheltering from wind

anch Nubeena, Tasman Peninsula

Constitution Dock, Port Hobart

anchored Barnes Bay, Port Kettering. Spirare in the same bay.

on M.A.S.T mooring Denison Canal Dunally

alongside Spring Bay Boating Club wharf, Tribunna

anchored Chinamans Bay Maria Island

on M.A.S.T mooring Coles Bay. no rocking nice and quiet but its cold

motor sailing since 0615. now running with poled out genoa, nice and quiet

depart Eden 0600 for Tasmania. motor sailing. Lots of dolphins around.

alongside moorings Wharf in Snug Cove Eden,

motor sailing toward Eden

depart Sydney motor sailing into it

good sail from Brooklyn now anchored Spring Cove, Sydney Hbr

anchored Akuna Bay

anchored Five Dock Bay Sydney

on public mooring Pittwater

on mooring Port Stephens

ALONGSIDE LAURIETON UNITED SERVICES CLUB PUBLIC WHARF. 150 METERS TO BAR.

DEPART Southport

anchored Southport

Depart Brisbane

depart Karragarra Island

anchored downtown Brisbane River. The city is gorgeous from the river. Rum time

anchored at Brisbane River waiting for timber pratique hopefully tomorrow. Good sail from Tin Can Inlet

anchored at Tin Can Inlet, Great Sandy Straight. On our way to Brisbane

anchored at Garry's Anchorage, Great Sandy Straight. On our way to Brisbane

anchored at Kingfisher lodge, Great Sandy Straight. On our way to Brisbane

anchored in Burnett river, Bundaberg town basin

Can almost smell the Bundaberg rum

anchored in Burnett river waiting for Bundaberg customs

Bundaberg bound. Pancakes for lunch all well on board. Wind hard on the nose, good sailing but better if more E

Anchored Wreck reef for the night.

bound Bundaberg. Motor sailing all last night. Light SE breeze finally arrived at lunch time. 5 sail close reach this afternoon.

Depart Chesterton reef bound Bundaberg, All well on board. Wind stopped as we departed, Motor sailing.

bound Bundaberg, All well on board. Hove too for 8 hrs to let thunderstorm do its thing. Very heavy rain but not much wind. Another rolly and wet night. Motoring since 0530 as no wind, SADIQI about 15 miles behind ??

bound Bundaberg, All well on board after another rolly and wet night. Now tacking down wind, stitching the rumb line in the sun. SADIQI about 15 miles behind ??

bound Bundaberg, All well on board after another rolly night. PASSED PETRIE REEF SUCCESSFULLY. SADIQI 5 miles behind

Depart Vila 1100 13/10 bound Bundaberg, All well on board after a rolly rainy night. SADIQI 5 miles to WNW

Anchored Havannah Harbour. Been here a week and will probably be here another one. Very friendly locals.

Moored Port Vila 1130hrs. A great trip overall. Some poor weather but nothing dangerous. Crew are happy.

Anchored Anelghowhat Harbour 1130hrs. Sadly the police and customs folk are not available until Sunday. We have to sail 50 miles to Tanna tonight to clear in to Vanuatu. Bugger, we were all looking forward to a good sleep.

running before very light variable Stherly all very well on board. Another G&T afternoon I think. One more gib and then is all done. ETA Anatom 0800 Thursday 19 July

4 sail tight reach. Fantastic view last night of moon and Venus to W and Mars very bright in the E. all very well on board. Another G&T afternoon I think

Missen, staysail, 2 reefs. poled out genoa. very well on board enjoying a gin and tonic

after sailing a big arc to W,then tracing a circle in the sea its time to head north, Crappy sailing.

staysail, 3 reefs. 1/4 genoa. mostly well on board. Chased a light shifting wind all night. 0600 started motoring

staysail, 3 reefs. 1/4 genoa bumpy sea. mostly well on board.

staysail,full main. Flat sea. Motor sailing last 22 hrs NO WIND. a gorgeous warm day. all well on board.

full genoa,staysail,full main, missen. Flatish sea. After slight sea sickness yesterday all now well on board.

full genoa,staysail,full main, missen. Flatish sea

full genoa,staysail,2 reefs in main. Flatish sea

full genoa,staysail,2 reefs in main, 15 kn beam reach with flatish sea. Really enjoying this wunderful sail

full genoa,staysail,2 reefs in main, 15 kn beam reach with flatish sea. Its such a sweet combo. Our best days run ever.

full genoa this morning, might take out reefs when showers pass. small mixed up sea.

2 reefs and staysail only. sea is dropping. sailing well.

more wind arrived 0330. 2 reefs and staysail only. bumpy

good 4 sail tight reach yesterday. headed at dawn

dep Nukualofa 0615hrs

arrived Nukualofa. moored Fau Harbour go the ABs

bound Nukualofa

departing Niue 1100hrs, bound Nukualofa

on mooring at Niue

much smaller sea this morning but rolling in left over swell. Heavy rain stopped early morning All well on board.

uncomfortable wet night. 2 major wind shifts, another arriving, All coping on board.

departing Palmerston Is. A great stop over. All well on board, full of food and a little sad to leave.

on mooring Palmerston Is. Welcomed ashore by Edward Masters and family. All well on board.

on passage to Palmerston Is. SE wind arrived 1700hrs. All well on board.

on passage to Palmerston Is. Quiet day. Now motoring. Large cloud bank on W horizon. All well on board.

on passage to Palmerston Is. Nice gentle sailing. Baking bread and scones. All well on board.

course change as no wind. Now motoring for Palmerston Is. All well on board.

1130hr Departed Maupihaa for Suverov. Cant lay the line at present.

Anchored Maupihaa. Good overnight sail. Arrive dawn, Pretty hairy passe entrance. No incidents.

Depart Maupiti Is 1200 hrs tomorrow 07 Oct. Wind/swell outside is dropping so we can leave.

anchored off village Petei, Maupiti Is. Tried to leave yesterday but passe not safe. Now waiting for wind outside to drop so we can leave.

anchored on the sand off Petei, Maupiti Is. Motored halfway then good sailing. Pass entry easy today.

on Bora Bora Y/C mooring. Spent last week out on the sand, SE side Bora Bora. Departing 20 Sep.

anchored on sand inside Toopua Is Bora Bora.

anchored on reef by Mahaea Is. Tahaa. Just arrived from Huahine. Great sail inside reef from Raiatea

anchored Huahine Is. Baie de Avea

anchored Moorea Is. Baie de Vaiare

Papeete Marina

anchored in Baie Opoa , Raiatea. Sail back to Moorea today if wind arrives

anchored in 3 meters on sand inside Toopua Island, Bora Bora. Great 5 hr sail across from Taaha. Easy entrance into Passe Teavanui

on mooring at entrance to Urutoa Municipal Marina. Water is 31 meters deep. Really nice town/city with good supermarket and fuel. A busy port. Depart for Bora Bora tomorrow morning.

anchored,after many attempts, inside the reef at Passe Avapehi, Huahine Island. Departed Moorea 1630hrs yesterday. Coral trying to break the anchor chain so may have to try again. mud seems to be at 35 metres

Back at Moorea after departing Papeete 1200 hrs. Now anchored inside reef, at entrance of Cook Baie.

Anchored in 2 meters of gin, inside reef, at entrance of Opunohu Bay Moorea.

Crew not too happy. We head back to Papeete tomorrow for flight home Sunday.

Anchored in 3 metre of gin clear water in lagoon off Moorea beach cafe. Might be here a while All well on board.

Depart Papeete for Moorea. Only 18 miles so not a long passage.

All well on board.

At Papeete Marina. Time for a shower and more laundry All well on board. Great to be here to enjoy the autonomy celebrations

95 miles to Papeete and another Glorious sunrise.. Finally stopped engine at 1030 last night, Ah the quiet. No fish yet so deployed my old Rapala All well on board.

On route Tahiti. Short period sailing yesterday. Motoring all night into a 5kn NW. Glorious sunrise All well on board.

Departed RAIVAVAE for Tahiti. Motoring looking for the 15 kn Easterly we want for the broad reach to Tahiti 400 miles away All well on board.

Anchored Port Rairau RAIVAVAE Island. No watches tonight. Needing a hot shower and a good sleep. 17 days and 2100 miles to get here.

All well on board.

wind very light. motor sailing, on and off, round a big curve since midday yesterday. S wind change very slow to catch up to us.

Now on Raivavae time with 140 miles to run so will arrive dawn tomorrow All well on board.

great day yesterday. wind went very light at night so motor sailing. Now 4 sail reaching on flat sea. SLOWLY getting warmer. Will change to Raivavae time today as sun now sets at 1530 hrs ship time. 240 miles to run.

All well on board.

Great dawn. wrong decision leaving gennaker up at night. Destroyed it in a squall. Tuna landed yesterday.

All well on board.

Glorious dawn. wind speed and direction now settled but light. carried gennaker all night. scones were great. NO FISH YET.

All well on board.

Another glorious dawn. 0300 turned onto home straight. Raivavae 710 miles dead ahead. We will get the gennaker flying today All well on board.

Glorious dawn. wind speed and direction now settled. crappy last night, hove to for a while as front went through.

All well on board.

sailing quickly. wind slowly increasing as front approaches. main 2 reefs, 30% genoa Bread and scones were great. All well on board.

all VERY well. I guess they like that speed!

motoring since 1930 hrs yesterday with reefed main to slow the roll All well on board. have to bake bread today

beautiful day and sailing. They sound cheerful to have good conditions. All VERY well on board!

sailing with small staysail and 25% genoa. sea still rough but dropping. a few 4o kn gusts last night and early morning. a much better ride now.

All well on board

Turned N 1830hrs last night to avoid worst of approaching weather. Will go NE nxt 3 days. sailing with small staysail only All well.

all OK on board despite sporty conditions.

heading to Raivavae, via WP of 35 34 and 177 15. Will get an update from Bob in about 3 days.Sea got very rough last night with S wind 25 -30 but has eased this morning. We dropped main altogether and ran with just the staysail 20% of genoa. We are going slow with Tamarik's comfort in mind, she is handling conditions well. No problems on board all well.

I heard Gulf Harbour radio faintly this morning and made contact. Had good reception from Toronui (Graheme Brown) in Fiji.

wind shift to SSE. All well

very light during night wind shift to S at 0700. All well

motor sailing approaching cape colville

on mooring greenhithe

anchored Mangonui

alongside quarantine berth Opua. no watches tonight. no rocking, we are home.

motoring AGAIN. wind has been 183T all the way. 12 HRS TO GO. all well on board

found the wind initially SW . all well on board

motoring forward to the wind tonight. all well on board

motoring . all well on board

motoring sailing . all well on board

now sailing after motoring all day. all well on board

On passage to NZ 3 POB all well on board

On passage to NZ 3 POB all well

light radio signal but readable

Vuda Marina. Depart for NZ 06 Nov

anchored Yasawairara village Yasawa Is. Fabulous place.

anchored Narewa Bay Yasawa Is

anchored Blue Lagoon Yasawa Is

anchored Cukuvou Hbr

anchored Savusavu

Also Island

anchored Dakuniba with SPIRARE.

It was a brisk, very lively passage from Ha'ano Island in northern Ha'apai starting in the wee smalls this morning and are happy to be here. Its amazing how a shower, feed and a cold beer dims the memory quickly.

Sound VERY happy to have arrived. They are 5m from the entrance at 7.17 this morning. Good arrival conditions.