CLUNK<CLUNK<CLUNK !! Slade continues to scream as hard as he can physically scream to who ever was listening above. Its 9pm on a moonless night, that suffocating darkness is out and we have succ...Read More
Gust of 50 knots pounded the boat, the waves breaking through the anchorage causing havoc and occasionally breaking over our bow, boat awnings were being shredded like paper. Frantic calls were being ...Read More
We saw the dreaded words on our weather forcast last night. Tropical cyclone. We want to leave our options open so by clearing out if the weather gets bad and the cyclone develops, then we can get the...Read More
One big gentle giant slowly swam past me, it’s mouth wide open. Not in the slightest bothered by me. This huge manta ray just swam around and around in circles, letting me get as close as I wanted. ...Read More
Everybody all hudled around the bonfire in the pouring rain, enjoying the cool down at first but then becoming cold with the howling wind that got stronger and stronger. It was our first cruiser bonfi...Read More
What a beautiful cultural day. I finally got to wear one of the pretty flower headdresses the locals wear. We went ashore at fuali Island to check with the Island keeper if it would be okay to anchor ...Read More
After 12 of the worst days at sea our dramas werent over. When Slade went into the locker to get parts to fix a leak in the kids bed, he noticed the cushions in the quater berth were wet. He un...Read More
12 days of pure hell on earth we finally limped into Tuvalu. After being becalmed for the first 3 days we finally got some wind in the form of a 40knot plus howling cold front. I never want to ...Read More