#passage making

The Home Stretch … 52 NM To Go!

Well, what can I say about today? It certainly wasn’t the brochure sailing we had yesterday. Seems the weather prognosticators must have been tipping a little vino or were simply unable to accurately read the weather rock when they made their predictions for today. No. It wasn’t the worst we’ve ever seen by far but it certainly wasn’t the 1-2 meter long rolling swells and ten knot winds I’d been…

Just WOW! Having made passages between Tonga, New Zealand and Fiji three times now I still know one thing, that it can be a long passage with some excitement thrown in to get your heart valves tapping out. The rule of thumb in this part of the world is that you could be like Jesus and walk on water even when the tempest is blasting around you and come out smelling sweet as a flower with no sea…

THIS IS NOT FUN!

RATED NFM…NOT FOR MAMA At first I wasn’t sure I’d post this because I know my mama reads these things but Dan said it’s something our readers should hear about so I’m doing it and have posted the requisite NFM rating so hopefully she will pass it by. Don’t pay any attention to the man behind the curtain Mama…there’s nothing to see here. LOL I guess fun is a relative term and if you’re the type of…

Junior Weatherman Merit Badge

All those years listening to Dr. George Fishbeck and Johnny Mountain tell us about what the weather would be in the Los Angeles area must have caused me along with countless other want-to-be junior weathermen to have received a subliminal degree in weather prognostication. After all if they were right more than 50% of the time they were very good. Hell, with my subliminal weatherman degree I’ve…

From Bad To Worse

As preciously stated, this passage can be a tricky one. Let’s start that on a boat the size of Dazzler it takes 8-10 days to get from New Zealand to Fiji and, well, even the best weather forecast is only good for about three days. Add in the fact that this passage takes you through an area where three giant bodies of water collide…the Coral Sea, the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean, each bringing…

Where Is All The Land?

As New Zealand sinks below the horizon of our wake. I can’t help but think about all the things that have gone on in the last two years. Wonderful things like all the new friends we’ve made, the scenic and majestic places we have had the opportunity to experience and then there are the current global events. No! This is not a political rant so rest your sphincter Sonny Jim. Getting married in New…

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