Yesterday Morning we awoke to the sight and smell of TongaTapo island, the first land we had seen since our last sighting of mainland New Zealand 7 days earlier. Left on the middle of a Saturday and arrived exactly 7days later in the middle of the next. No land nor other boats or ships to be seen for the entire passage. Continue reading  

Today Anthony estimated that their arrival in Tonga will be around lunchtime on Saturday, we fly in on Friday. We’ve had a great week in Wellington, Continue reading  

It’s been a busy 10 days in Whangarei, final provisioning done, the last of the important maintenance jobs on Tangaroa are complete. The time to depart New Zealand has arrived. Continue reading  

Two weeks of adventuring up the spectacular northern New Zealand coastline with fair winds and calm seas and now heading back to base camp through big swell and strong gusty winds. Continue reading