Last Updated on May 15, 2021 by Amy Geography lesson: Tonga is made up of four main island groups. The southern island group and big island are both called Tongatapu, with the capital named Nuku’alofa. The biggest cruising port is in the Vava’u island group, on Ê»Utu VavaÊ»u island, the town of Neiafu. Traveling full time is wonderful…
Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Amy This post is about the towns on the mainland that we visited around the Bay of Islands. Check out our post about the islands in the Bay of Islands that we visited! Kerikeri After leaving Moturua Island, we followed Kyle and Shelley on Blowin Bubbles (or did they…
Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Amy Starry Horizons, a Fountaine Pajot Helia 44, was launched in October of 2014. Since then, we’ve tackled over 40,000 nautical miles and completed our world circumnavigation. Over the years, we’ve had a lot of thoughts on the performance of our boat and the things we liked and…
Last Updated on August 31, 2019 by Amy We spent 2016-2017 cyclone season in New Zealand. When it came time to make the decision about where to go for 2017, we couldn’t resist spending another season in the South Pacific. So, in April (pretty early) we got a window to leave Bay of Islands, New…
Last Updated on September 20, 2019 by Amy I love to cook! My kitchen back on land life was huge, but not, on my sailboat, I’m confined to a fairly small space. Now, Starry Horizons is bigger than most cruising boats and I have plenty of room to get things done. But I don’t care to…
Last Updated on May 14, 2021 by Amy In addition to cruising the Bay of Islands and visiting some of these awesome anchorages, we also toured some of the nearby towns, including Kerikeri, Russell, and Opua, as well as visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Motuarohia Island When we first arrived in the Bay of Islands,…
Last Updated on August 28, 2019 by Amy The last bottom job we had was at Nanny Cay in the BVIs in November 2015. As that was our first bottom job, everything was just given a soft cleaning and then paint was applied over the existing stuff. We were launched in Nanny Cay on November…
Last Updated on October 27, 2020 by Amy We landed in Auckland on January 11th and arrived back home February 15th, spending 35 days on our New Zealand Road Trip. Here are some tips for planning your own New Zealand road trip adventure! We traveled about 4,000km in our little Fornaxia, a Ford Mondeo. Do…