Who We Are
In April 2006, Bill and Susan Grun purchased a J/160, a 52-foot high performance sailing vessel built for speed and designed to cruise the oceans in comfort and style. W [...]
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2015 Overview – Limited New Zealand Cruising
In April 2014, we left Avante berthed in Gulf Harbor Marina just north of Auckland, NZ planning to return in 6 months to sail around New Zealand during the southern hemisphere [...]
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Circumnavigation of Great Barrier Island
Friday, December 4th – Great Barrier Island just calls to be circumnavigated. At least if you have ears attuned like The Captain’s. It is just under 25 miles long, but [...]
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Cruising the Fabulous Hauraki Gulf! Northern End
There are 47 islands spread across the Hauraki Gulf, and after our short excursion of the previous week, we intend to see more of them. The islands are administered by t [...]
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Cruising the Fabulous Hauraki Gulf! Southern End.
Coastal cities abound across our world, and many of them are beautiful, wonderful and exciting places in which to live and to visit. We have sailed on Avante to many port cit [...]
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A Little Land Cruising is Fine, too!
Tuesday, Nov. 10th – Slowly and carefully, The Captain backs Avante out of her slip. No, we’re not setting sail. Not yet. Another project is in the off [...]
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A String of Successful Undertakings
Much to their surprise, from April 2014 to November 2015, The Wandering Duo transitioned to life at home quite well, if we do say so ourselves. The simple joys of hearth [...]