Turtle Mail

Today we took a bus to Labasa (pronounced Lam basa) with friends from catamaran Morning Glory . This is the largest town of Vanua Levu Islan...

As we left North Minerva Reef on June 16th with strong winds on the beam, we made for a fast day's sail under a double reef main, triple...

After almost 7 months from sailing into New Zealand, we finally made our departure on sunny June 6th at 16:15 with the wind on our beam. Jus...

To balance the negative bureaucratic experiences, there are some pluses for visitors here in New Zealand. One is that if you are injured for...

We, as well as many other sailors, have had unfortunate liaisons with New Zealand bureaucracy. Our incident cost us $400 when we unwitting...

G'day mate. Here's a bit of Kiwi slang that we have heard throughout our stay in New Zealand. As might be heard in the shopping ma...

Many boats take on crew for passages to help with watches and chores like steering, etc. Up till now, we have not had crew. That is to say, ...

Besides all the boat work, road trips, and company, we have also spent some time sailing in the Bay of Islands. Jordan attempted to collect ...

We have been very busy with regular boat jobs plus a few more before leaving New Zealand hopefully sometime in May. Jordan has always miss...

Jordan and I enjoy a glass of wine, as perhaps you do. But we were offered a new experience to go along with wine drinking - that of grape p...

Seeing a live kiwi bird was high on our list of things to do and today would be the day. So from New Plymouth (North Island of New Zealand),...

The next morning, zigzagging the South Island of New Zealand along picturesque farmlands, we bypassed the City of Christchurch that suffered...

Have you ever counted sheep in your sleep? We have sure noticed a lot of sheep grazing in the fields in New Zealand where it is said that th...

With a destination of Milford Sound (New Zealand) today, we made sure to fill up first thing in the morning (after almost running out of fue...

Starting the 4th day of our motorcycle tour of New Zealand, we only travelled a kilometre down the road from Punakaiki to Pancake Rocks . Un...

A plan while in New Zealand was to do a road trip to the larger but less populated South Island while the southern summer remained. Even tho...

It was time to say a sad goodbye when Jordan and I dropped my daughter Lainey and her fiancé Tim at the Auckland Airport very early in the m...

We departed from Kaitaia at the northern end of Northland New Zealand with Lainey my daughter and Tim her fiancé. The kids were still un-ner...

This morning, we returned from sailing the islands to our Opua anchorage with Lainey and Tim (my daughter and her fiancé), passing by a huge...