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BROADSWORD - The Ultimate Passagemaker
BROADSWORD - The Ultimate PassagemakerBROADSWORD entering South Minerva ReefMay 21, 2016North Minerva ReefPASSAGEMAKERS! Much has been written about them since Robert Beebe’s initial coining of the...
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Sea Mercy in Loma Loma
Sea Mercy Vanua BalavuThe Sea Mercy Fleet in Loma Loma, Vanua BalavuMay 27, 2016Loma Loma, Vanua Balavu, Northern Lau Group, FijiThe Island of Vanua Balavu and its outlying islands: Avea, Susu, Muni...
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Vanua Balavu: One Village at a Time
WINSTON REFUGEES: ONE VILLAGE AT A TIMEDELACONI - flattened homesMalaka Bay, Vanua Balavu, May 31, 2016 (17*14.260S, 178*58.090W) The 3 west coast villages of Vanua Balavu: Delaconi, Malaka, and Mua...
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Sea Mercy Vanua Balavu - One step at a time
RECOVERY: ONE STEP AT A TIMEThe school in Mua Levu (East Coast of Vanua Balavu) is just matchsticksMalaka Bay, Vanua Balavu, June 5, 2016 (17*14.260S, 178*58.090W)In Mua Levu, school is conducted under...
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Sea Mercy - One Water Tank at a Time
SEA MERCY - ONE WATER TANK AT A TIMEDirk (S/V PEREGRINE) inspects the 300 yards of garden hose suspended over the reef - No snag, please!Susui Island - June 18, 2016One of the main hardships after a...
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Sea Mercy - One Garden at a Time
SEA MERCY - ONE GARDEN AT A TIMEIn Malaka, preparing a bed to seed the first carrotsLoma Loma, Vanua BalavuJune 23, 2016“First Winston destructed all our crops. Us, women, replanted our small gardens...
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SEA MERCY - SEEDS OF HOPE in BOITACI
SEA MERCY - SEEDS OF HOPE in BOITACILong Beans sprouting in that 1st bedLoma Loma, Vanua Balavu (Fiji)June 24, 2016All over Vanua Balavu, the Sea Mercy gardening program, in partnership with the...
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SEA MERCY - AVEA ISLAND GARDEN
SEA MERCY - AVEA ISLAND GARDENThe younger generation at workLoma Loma, Vanua Balavu (Fiji)June 24, 2016(Photos and Videos by Tessa Irvin, S/Y REWA, Sea Mercy Volunteer)Perhaps it is because they only...
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SUSUI WOMEN GARDEN CLUB
SUSUI WOMEN GARDEN CLUBSea Mercy Volunteer and Susui Sponsor Gretchen (S/V Peregrine) and the Susui Women Garden ClubLoma Loma, Vanua Balavu (Fiji)June 24, 2016Weeding through the Chinese cabbage...
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DOMINO is for Sale
DOMINO - 20-meter Malcolm Tennant / Anthony Stanton Design (Launched 2009)July 11, 2016 - Musket Cove Marina (Fiji)DOMINO POWERCAT FOR SALEWho will take DOMINO through her next stage? She is loaded,...
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When Cruising Ends
WHEN CRUISING ENDSVuda Point Marina, FijiJuly 25, 2016It is so strange to write this… “cruising ends; the end of cruising days; THE END…” The finality is harsh. The words glare back, a cold stare...
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MULTIHULL SOLUTIONS
MULTIHULL SOLUTIONSDOMINO in her home port of Pago Pago, American SamoaFiji, July 26, 2016.It’s official… DOMINO is now available through MULTIHULL SOLUTIONSAnt KovacevicBEng (Hons) Naval...
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TENNANT POWERCAT FOR SALE
DOMINO listed with MULTIHULL SOLUTIONSMalcolm Tennant 20-meter power catamaran DOMINO for saleSelecting a broker to bring your yacht to market is a serious affair. For weeks, we researched yacht...
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Passagemaker For Sale
DOMINO FOR SALEREDUCED PRICEFiji - September 2016We're off to New Caledonia... still DOMINO is for sale and we've reduced the asking price!Check her out on the Multihull Solutions...
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Yasawas: Waya (North)
WAYA – North harbor – NalawakiNalawakiThe wind was up again and we needed a better shelter than Navadra. On the chart, the bay north of Waya Island looked like good protection. Off we were, dropped...
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Yasawas: waypoints & routes
Yasawas... As we saw them.... Here are DOMINO's waypoints and routes. We use iSailor as one of our navigation tools.
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New Year in New Zealand
2016 – NY in NZJanuary 2, 2016 – Whangarei, New ZealandJP taking out the big tool for a big job!Happy New Year from New Zealand…. I know, this wasn’t supposed to be. We were supposed to stay in Fiji...
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We Love NZ
Crude RV.... NZ style!Opua (New Zealand) February 17, 2016We love New Zealand… let me count the ways: the fishing, the anchorages, the harbors, the food, the yacht services, and—mostly—the people.The...
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Cruising New Caledonia
CRUISING NEW CALEDONIADOMINO and the CNC Fleet in LifouJanuary 11, 2017 - Whangarei, NZIt’s been months since I’ve posted any report on this blog. Last you heard from me, we were through with...
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NEW CALEDONIA - LOYALTY ISLANDS - LIFOU
NEW CALEDONIA - LOYALTY ISLANDS - LIFOUDOMINO at anchor in Doueoulou (Lifou, Santal Bay)As luck would have it —and as it it often the case in the cruising world— we found friends in Noumea. Annie...
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