Well we never thought we’d see the day but we finally finished the work on Shellette and she is back in the water!….and she looks fabulous!  We went back in the water early April and sailed to an island off of Brisbane where we anchored for the night.  It was strange getting back into the [...]

Brisbane
We are still in Brisbane as we are working on Shellette.  She is getting quite a bit of work done and a full paint job.  It is very hard work but will be worth it in the end.  While we are doing much work ourselves we do have lots of help to do other things [...]

A warm welcome from Down Under! We hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We enjoyed our time back in the States. We visited lots of family and friends and are refreshed and ready to get back to Shellette.
We arrived in Australia Jan. 6th. We stopped by to [...]

Hi All.  Just an update to let you know what is going on.  I am currently in Denver taking care of the parasite I picked up.  Glad to say I am finally starting to feel better.  Thanks for all the well wishes. 
After sailing to Australia, Mike and Shellette made their way down to Brisbane where [...]

Day one of our journey to OZ land.
First off, the day before I am making ready all the final preparations to get off on time. Roger, my savior of sailing has committed to help me sail Shellette to the OZ land. I am making French Toast. I need to make sure I take extra care [...]

Off to OZ
Our friend Roger is returning to Vanuatu to sail to Australia with Mike. I am returning to the states to get to the Dr. as I’ve picked up a bug along the way…nothing serious…..besides, I’m also over the passages….
Mike and Roger have a 1,050 sail ahead of them from Port Vila, Vanuatu [...]

We sailed to the island of Malakula and anchored in a bay known as Port Sandwich.
Luckily we had a good cruising guide book because as tempting as this bay was to take a swim….it is known as quite the shark haven. Years ago they started to discard cattle carcass’ here and all the sharks [...]

As we traveled around Vanuatu we encountered wonderful people, rough seas and once in a life time experiences.
While anchored off of the Meskalyn Islands, we were approached again by a local dugout canoe. We were told the Chief extended an invitation to us to visit the village that afternoon. At the [...]

Island of Tanna….a few stories before we move off Tanna. We had to check in to Vanuatu, as is customary with every country we enter. When we arrived, we anchored at Port Resolution. While this is the preferred and closer anchorage on Tanna, we had to, at some point, make our way [...]