• Introduction to Vanuatu

    Thursday, May 17th – Steve from Magic Bus has arranged for a guide to take him on a trek around the island.  Would we like to join?  Of course!  Grabbing [...]

    2012
  • Amazing Wonderful Passage

    The Island Cruise Association (ICA) has 3 rallies heading north this year.  The rally going to the Kingdom of Tonga and the one going to Fiji left on Tuesday, May 1st.&nb [...]

    2012
  • Almost Off to Vanuatu

    Weeks of travail are at an end or so we have declared.  It is truly amazing how much work a boat takes and makes.  There is a saying that the happiest day in a boate [...]

    2012
  • Bad Apple – Bad, Bad Apple!

    For many of us – nay, for most of us – the computer has long ceased to be a fascinating luxury or an interesting toy.   Its spidery tentacles now reach i [...]

    2012
  • Getting Ready for an Offshore Passage

    Thursday, April 5th – After spending the winter at home in Telluride, we return to Avante in the Opua Boat Yard. This was Avante’s second year stored in the boat y [...]

    2012