2011 New Zealand – Fiji – Vanuatu – New Caledonia to Australia Voyage

2011-10 Sail to Brisbane, Australia – \”Heavy Metal\” – Beach House\’s \”Summer Home\”…..

This would be our last voyage for the 2011 sailing season. Next and last stop, Brisbane, Australia and home for Kay…..

2011-09 Western Fiji & The Yasawa Group…..

On our way out of Fiji, we stopped at Musket Cove and then joined Joe Tui, our dive guide and host extraordinaire in his home islands, the beautiful Yasawa Group en-route to Vanuatu Here we met Joe Tui and his buddies. You\’ve seen the gallery. It was a highlight of the season

A Cathartic Voyage……

November – 2011 Brisbane, Australia Dear F&F, \”Beach House\” has finally \”Jumped the Puddle\”….We\’ve completed our crossing of the worlds largest ocean which started 4 years ago. The \”Puddle Jump\” is the euphemism that many US West Coast sailors in particular call the Pacific Crossing. It\’s a but cutesy, but you get the point. There …

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Off to see the Wizards!……Our Sail to Australia…..

October 22nd – October 26th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, As predicted by our weather software and watching the \”BOM\” (Bureau of Meteorology) website in \”OZ\”, it was time to go. The winds were backing from South to East and the seas were coming down rapidly in size. We expected the trip to take five …

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Isle of Pines……

October 19th – 22nd, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Dear F&F, Well, after a good nights rest, we were still so tired from the previous days trip, we just chilled out for the day, cleaned up, did the laundry and boat chores to recover from the previous days passage. Jerome and Nathalie came by and gave us …

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Checking out….for want of chart chip…..

Dear F&F, October 17th – 18th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) One of the problems that slipped my mind a few weeks back was that I didn\’t realize to check to see if I had the current chart cartography (chart chip) for the East Coast of Australia for \”Beach House\’s\” navigation system. When I started to do …

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New Caledonia – a most interesting history…..A most interesting future……

Dear F&F, October 13th – 16th, 2011 (Eastern Hemisphere) Of all the places I\’ve visited in the Pacific, New Caledonia is perhaps the place I knew the least about. It is an absolutely beautiful island, 300 miles long by 30 miles wide. Located about 900 miles East of the north central Australian Coast. The Western …

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