We are still in Whangarei (North Island) and the boat remains on the Hard for two full weeks now.
The weather in New Zealand is much like mountain weather in Colorado….if you don’t like it, wait 5 minutes and it will change. New Zealand has a hole in it’s Ozone layer therefore ten minutes in [...]

As you know Mike and I have been in the States the last several weeks.  We’ve enjoyed seeing family and friends.  We’ve attended football games and hockey games.  We even managed a surprise birthday party for Mike in November!!!! We also made it back to Key Largo, FL to spend a wonderful Thanksgiving with Mike’s family.   We [...]

We have had a great time sailing around Tonga again. From Nuku’alofa to the Vava’u group in the north. We will stop at few new Islands in the middle Ha’apai group on the way back. It has been fun sailing with Nicole and Colby. Nicole is the navigator and takes it pretty seriously as one [...]

Hello everyone.  Although I am back in Denver for a while we are still keeping the website updated. 
Mike, Gary and Amanda left Rarotonga on Saturday for 4+ day sail to Niue.  The expect to arrive late Tuesday or early Wednesday.  I spoke with Mike last night and they have decent weather and are making good [...]

Since the Tsunami hit American Somoa Islands last week, we’ve heard from other cruisers that were there when the tsunami hit that the devastation is unimaginable. We’ve also learned that along with the many locals that were killed, so were some fellow cruisers that lost their lives as well. It’s very sad. [...]

We are safe!!! As many of you heard there was a Tsunami yesterday in the South Pacific. It was 1,000 miles north of us. By the time it arrived here yesterday morning at 11am local time it was so small you couldn’t tell it hit. We are on a very [...]

Hello from Bora Bora! We managed to sneak a few extra days in to our stay here. Bora Bora is a great island and we are pleasantly surprised. We had heard many stories of how commercialized it is and we have found that not to be true. There are many over [...]

Well here we are in Bora Bora! Finally! We left Raitea and Tahaa on Saturday and arrived here 4 hours later. Bora Bora is a more commercialized island but still quite beautiful. This is a big destination for Honeymooners and the famous. Mike spoiled the two of us by staying [...]

Okay, so our latest adventure blows all other adventures out of the water! We swam with whales!Mike and Gary have been searching for a way to go diving with the whales since we ever saw whales. We hired a local guy, Jeremy, here on Huahine. He took 5 of us (Marnie, Mike, [...]

We have many adventures of Moorea we’d like to share with you. While there Mike and Gary did several dives off the reef where we were anchored. They say many fish, specifically large lemon sharks. Mike has become quite the pro at taking underwater pictures and was so excited to get the sharks [...]