Tusi 2

Tusi 2 is a 12m Alan Wright design built in Auckland in three skin kauri glassed over and launched about 1987. We, Mike and Helen Timperley, bought the boat, at that time named "Kings Row", in December 2011 and immediately set about finding a new name for her. The grandkids' choice was "Tusi 2" derived from the name of our previous boat of 20 years "Tusitala" a kauri Pacific 38. Tusi 2 is very similar in design to Alan Wright's "Oceans 12" of which six were built in fibreglass by Lotus Yachts. Tusi 2 was extensively refitted in 2012 to bring her up to offshore and islands cruising capability and our first cruise in her was to Fiji in 2013.

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Posted: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 - 12:45

Very rough seas on the beam so a bit uncomfortable. All going well though and still holding on our course to Vavau. Just over 400nm to go.

Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 - 09:03

More easy sailing but hot during the day. Gulf Harbour Radio heavy interference on 8752 and just readable on 8779. All OK on board.

Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 - 18:24

We're now about 40nm SW of Suwarrow heading for Vavau. Perfect sailing conditions with a beautiful evening. The wind is forecast to rise to around 20 knots by Saturday which will give us a fast ride

Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 - 19:12

We anchored at Suwarrow in the northern Cook Islands at 1330 today. Suwarrow is an atoll exactly the same as those in the Tuamotus with sand motus on the fringing coral reef. Suwarrow is a National

Posted: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 - 09:30

Near perfect sailing conditions with lots of sun and a 15 knot breeze. We're 150nm from Suwarrow so should be in by lunch time tomorrow. Last night was the first night without multiple sail changes

Posted: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 - 10:30

After tacking downwind all night, we're now running almost square with the jib polled out and the main tied forward with the preventer (this has been our usual sailing mode since leaving Borabora)

Posted: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 - 08:54

Sunny hot day with light wind from almost directly astern. We're now 115nm from Borabora and on course for Suwarrow. Still trying to figure out how to sleep with the boat rolling in the downwind

Posted: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 - 12:09

We crossed back to Borabora last Sunday FPT and on Monday morning we did the five forms required for Customs Clearance. Our Clearance (Permis de Sortie) was waiting for us to pick up this morning so

Posted: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 - 06:09

Good weather in the Leeward Islands has been rather elusive for us but we finally found some during our stay in Boroboro with Daniel and his family. We circumnavigated the island in so far as it is

Posted: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 - 17:42

Our passage from Moorea to Huahine with Daniel and his family was a comfortable 80nm motor in an 8 knot easterly but with no fish. After a day in Fare the main town on Huahine we moved south inside

Posted: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 - 10:57

Shortly after our last post Justin and his family arrived. We spent most of the next two weeks in Cooks Bay and Opunohu Bay on Moorea. The highlight of their visit was, for the kids anyway, swimming

Posted: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 - 08:09

Helen returned to Papeete last Sunday after a few days at home. We came over to Moorea last Wednesday partly to find John and Ankalein McIntosh on Katariana, the last boat in our NZ fleet that we

Posted: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 - 07:30

Tahanea in the Tuamotus is definitely my pick of places we have visited in French Polynesia. Shortly after my last post on YIT we snorkeled the western pass again. This time we were surrounded by

Posted: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 - 09:51

Tusi 2 is presently tied alongside the wharf at Uturoa the main town on Raiatia. Ngaire and her kids flew home this morning so Helen and I are now pondering our options for the next three weeks. Our

Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 05:45

We're now anchored by Ile Tautau on the NW coast of Tahaa. The attraction here is the Coral gardens, a passage between two motus from the outer reef through to the lagoon. The passage is filled with

Posted: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 - 17:36

Helen, Ngaire and her kids arrived last Sunday (Monday NZST) and after a day of shopping we moved across to Moorea. We stayed there for three days and fed the cuddly stingrays each morning. The black

Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 - 05:12

We're anchored in Papeete having arrived back here on Sunday from the Tuamotus. Helen flew home on Tuesday and returns on Sunday with Ngaire and her four children. When the wind finally dropped we

Posted: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 - 07:57

We crossed yesterday from Fakarava to Toau and are now anchored in Amse Amylot a small indentation in the reef on the NW corner of the atoll. There is no shelter here from winds other than from the

Posted: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 - 18:12

We're now anchored by the village of Rotoava in Fakarava the second largest of the Tuamotus. We left Rangiroa by the eastern Tiputa pass at 0700 yesterday morning with 3-4 knots of outgoing current

Posted: Mon, 28 May 2018 - 17:39

We came through Avatoru Pass into the Rangiroa lagoon yesterday at 1200 and anchored 5nm further to the east close to Tiputa Pass the only other pass into Rangiroa. There are 28 boats in the

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