Sept 10 Hi All, Thanks to everyone for sending us words of encouragement over the past few “occurrences”. Your kind words mean so much to us and do indeed help us keep i “together”. I don’t know how “together” we were over the rudder incident…..here is what I wrote a dear friend: when it happened … Read More →

Hi All, We indeed left the marina at 6:30am and out the Dumbea pass by 8:15am. We started with 10-15kts SE and a 5-8′ S swell, but by late morning the winds had built to 15-20G25 out of the ESE. The S swell may still be there but hard to see from the wind chop … Read More →

Sept 7 Hi All, Just a quick note to let everyone know we are leaving New Caledonia for Bundaberg Australia tomorrow Sept 8 early morning. It’s been a hectic last few days and I don’t have time to catch up the blog tonight but will do so while on passage. This run is 800nm and … Read More →

Aug 12-31 Hi All, It has been almost 3 weeks since my last blog so I’ll try and catchup. We left off with us madly preparing to leave New Caledonia for USA and my mom’s funeral. Well, indeed we did make all the travels and the funeral. First the travels: Holy butt time batman…..this was … Read More →

August 12 Hi All, Wow…..what an experience the last 36 hours. First, all is well and we are in the Port Moselle marina in Noumea New Caledonia, safe and sound!!!! And I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you to all the friends who sent us emails, offering support and condolences, and relating … Read More →

August 11 Hey, All is well!! Thanks to all the friends for sending us emails with news and encouragement!!! When you are out here on this big ocean all by yourselves, hearing from friends is very special and keeps our spirits up as we go crashing into these seas!!! We are having a very acceptable … Read More →

August 10 Hi All, We left Port Vila around 3:30pm after a scrumptious barbeque pork chop lunch. Kathy is concerned that Australia and maybe New Caledonia will take away some of our New Zealand meats….especially the pork….so we are eating big!!! Once we left the protection of Efate the winds were 10-15 kts SE and … Read More →

Hi All, Well…..we got to Port Vila 22 days ago and have been waiting for weather ever since…..arghhhhhh!!!!! We have seen several decent windows that look good but have just gone away. Most of the time it has been blowing 20-30 kts with 9-12′ seas…..not for us!!! But we have found a so so window … Read More →

Hi All, Well….we are stuck in Port Vila waiting on weather for our passage to New Caledonia….it’s blowing 20-25kts from the ESE with 6-10′ seas for the next 10-12 days….that will put it slightly forward of the port beam….not going to happen so here we wait….a bit frustrating as we are a bit pressed for … Read More →

July 12-20 Hi All, We are now back in Port Vila, the town where we entered Vanuatu in mid-May. I left off the blog when we were in Londot on Pentecost. There was not too much to do in the village as it is known primarily for the land diving which is over for the … Read More →