Tag: Terikah

  • Papua New Guinea’s Grand Finale: Ninigo Islands

    We set off on a 57-mile downwind passage to the Ninigo Islands, a group of about 31 islands and islets inhabited by roughly 1,000 people. The Seimat, a distinctive maritime people whose lives are centered around the sea and who survive largely through fish, garden food, and coconuts. Outside supplies arrive irregularly and only a…

  • Papua New Guinea: Kavieng

    We headed overnight toward Kavieng, skipping Lahir because of the nearby mining activity. As darkness fell, we turned off our boat lights and kept a careful watch on the water for “raskols.” Thankfully, no issues. Chris and I have each celebrated a birthday underway, and now it was Cora’s turn—her 15th birthday passage, a true…

  • PNG: Sungkin Bay Hospitality

    We left Buka and soon fell into the island’s extensive wind shadow, motoring for a while before the wind gradually built as we made our way toward Sungkin Bay on Boang Island, part of the Tanga Islands. The Tanga Islands are a four-island group in New Ireland Province formed from the remnants of an ancient…

  • Solomons: A Rough Passage & Wonderful Ugi Island

    Squall line passed through us in the morning and, as the skies lightened, we departed for what ended up being a very sporty 283-mile passage. We knew the seas were going to be large initially, but were forecast to be decreasing throughout our passage, along with decreasing winds, and low thunderstorms. We weren’t alone in…

  • Passage: NZ to Vanuatu Day 6: Happy Father’s Day!

    Happy Father’s Day! What a glorious way to start this 24 hours; winds and seas have built to 15-24 knots, seas 1-2 meters, perfect angle – we are flying! And it is SO comfortable. We all fully have our sealegs, to the point where I’m down in the galley making meals for everyone like a…

  • Night before Passage: Goodbye New Zealand

    The beautiful weather window fell apart for the many boats waiting to head to the Tropics. These waters between New Zealand and the Tropics are not to be trifled with. Many of our good friend boats did indeed take this window, heading to Fiji, but we plan to head to Vanuatu. I find this one…

  • Hauraki Horizons: Exploring Hauraki Gulf (Tikapa Moana)

    Looking at the big weather coming up, we decided to anchor in well-protected Bon Accord Harbour of Kawau Island, arriving late and anchoring (and re-anchoring) for the upcoming storm. We took a day to explore the trails out of Schoolhouse Bay to the Mansion House and Old Coppermine.  Sir George Grey developed the Mansion House…

  • Aotearoa Arrival: Opua Marina, Northland

    Tied up to the Opua, Aotearoa (New Zealand) Q-dock at 4:20pm, just in time for the Customs and Biosecurity to inform us that we were the first on their list for the next day. In some ways this was a relief – nothing to do but celebrate our arrival as a family with fresh tuna…

  • Day 6: Passage New Cal to New Zealand

    Overnight, a battery alarm on our starboard engine kept going off. Chris tried a few things but was exhausted and a bit seasick to dig in. We decided to run just the port engine overnight and, with current against us, moved along at a slow 4 knots. Once Chris got up for his 4am watch,…

  • Day 4: Passage New Cal to New Zealand

    Woke up to a continued current ride, seas forward of the beam, but moving fast – great sailing angle and still with the magical current. We’ve done a great job getting east away from the squall line and now we can correct a bit to south. Ahhhh, what a difference 15 degrees makes – our…