Pacific – from Panama to French Polynesia, Cooks, Niue, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshalls, Micronesia and the Philippines
Cruising in Micronesia is NOT as easy and nice as we had expected. Although the people in Kosrae are enormously friendly we are extremely pissed …
Likiep
With an easy night sail we get from Ailuk to Likiep and as soon as visibility is enough we enter the pass and catch two …
And then finally our propeller arrives, the wind is a bit less and more easterly, so we head off for Maloelap, 120 miles further north.Once …
And finally, after having been asked so often by our cruising friends, I give my first “fruit beer workshop”.
My fruitbeer is a fruity, refreshing carbonated …
And once again we have this exiting feeling of discovering a new country, we are fascinated by the appearance and language of the people and …
After 4 weeks of visitors on board our She San seems empty and lonely. But there is not much time to be sad, we spend …
After 12 weeks we haven’t been to any city, so it is about time for a big re-provisioning.
We sail to Lautoka and anchor in front …
After 6 weeks in Fulaga we feel it is time to leave and explore other places. We go a few hours north to the cluster …
So we arrive at the “Sandspit” anchorage in Fulaga. Beach and turquoise water look inviting but of course our first duty is to do our …
More than a week we enjoy being in a small city like Savusavu. Almost daily we eat out, at 4 to 6 Dollars a meal …
On Saturday morning a heavy low is just passing New Zealand, the last thunderstorms go over us in the morning hours, and we have just …
So being back in the water is nice, but it doesn’t mean that we are finished with work. The priority list is still heavily loaded …
After taking the thick layer of barnacles down it becomes clear that we have to take the whole antifouling off. On many spots there is …
After 1 week of searching desperately to buy a car in which we can sleep we realize that we are too late in the season …
Whangarei Town Basin
We immediately like Whangarei. For me it is small enough to feel at ease but also big enough to get almost everything a …
With the mountain bike through Northland
Back in Tonga we won a voucher for a free week in the Opua marina. We profit to leave our …
Haapai Group, Tonga
On Saturday morning we move from Foa to Pangai with the idea to get out check in at custums done.
On the way out …
Vavau, Tonga
Cool, so finally we are here in Tonga. It feels so different from the countries we have been before. Of course, the procedure of …
Please refer to the German version for the moment
please refer to the german version for the moment
From Papeete’s hardware stores and Heiva to Moorea’s great landscape and Huahine’s Heiva, happy hour yacht club and nature
We enjoy another couple of days in Fakarava South and get our dive equipment ready again.With the dinghy on a long line we dive down …
From Taiohae, Nuku Hiva to Hakahetau, Ua Pou we enjoy a fast sail and only take 5 hours for the 26 miles including ancor up …
With repairs, hiking and biking the days in Nuku Hiva go by like nothing.
So finally after 37 days of crossing the pacific we have arrived at Hiva Oa in the Marquesas. Our eyes are very pleased to look …
More than 4300 miles and 37 days out on the water, good that we don’t know that when we start for our Pacific crossing in …
After crossing the Panama Canal we rigorously search the city for spare parts, provision alcohol , dry and fresh food like never before. Then we …
What a feeling when the door to the Pacific opens up in front of us! This huge ocean is waiting for us out there!
