Finally, Another Sailboat!
Wednesday, June 5th – Today we plan to go a short distance north to the little town of Poum which is touted as the place to stop for supplies on this northwestern e [...]
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Should Not Be Done
Monday, June 3rd – The lagoon, as we proceed north, has widened and deepened enough so that Avante can once again travel inside it. Weighing anchor, we set off under gre [...]
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Up The Mast
Saturday, June 1st – If anything, there is a heavier cloud cover this morning, and the winds have increased up into the high teens. With over 40nm miles to go today, the [...]
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Grand Terre – The Adventure Begins
After 4 days sitting in the Port Moselle marina, we are ready to leave. We enjoyed meeting other cruisers along the dock and were amazed at the number of really young families [...]
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Passage to New Caledonia
Saturday, May 18th – Jan and Kevin come down to help us drop lines and say farewell. No longer cruising the islands as they have in years past, we understand how they mu [...]
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Back to the Bay of Islands
Here’s another mind over matter issue with which The First Mate must live – or maybe it is more a physics issue which, if that’s the case, means there is no [...]
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Great Barrier Island
Wednesday, April 10th – It’s almost 100nm to Great Barrier Island from the Bay of Islands, way too much for one day, and since the idea of an overnighter is not en [...]
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Out and About in the Bay of Islands
Home again in Telluride where the unpredictable, crazy weather pattern the world is experiencing has caught up with us in the mountains. Last year saw extremely low snow fall. [...]
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Back in the Water, Again!
Tuesday, January 29th – Returning to the yard, after our relaxing 3-day weekend, Avante awaits us with her sides polished, bottom painted and her new shiny brass propeller in [...]
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On Land Again!
The 2018 Holiday Season was a bit discombobulated for us even though the disorientation was done on purpose. Our beautiful Old Growth New England Pine floors in the Telluride [...]