My Big Adventures
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Posts Tagged ‘sailing’
Crew Available
How are we going about finding a boat to take us to the South Pacific? First we have to let as many people as possible know that we are available to crew and want to go to the islands. We have registered on all the crewing and sailing websites. We roam marina docks and ask […]
Rum Racing
Mount Gay Rum Race occurs every Friday at Westhaven Marina in Auckland. Thomas and I invited our new friend Jen from Idaho to join us in our attempts to get on a boat and participate in the sailing race. We walked along the dock asking if anyone had room for us on their boat and […]
Sailing 101 on the Wild Goose
Learned something new today … In an effort to gain sailing experience Thomas and I went out to sea for a few days with Wild Goose Sailing Expeditions. We sailed from Waiheke and surrounding small islands to Auckland. Australian Captain Jamie and his partner Lisa along with Tane (the baby on board) live on the […]
My next adventure … wherever the wind blows!
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore… Dream… Discover. – Mark Twain My next big adventure … sailing to the […]
Cruising Halong Bay
With more than 3000 islands rising from the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, Halong Bay is one of Vietnam’s most beautiful treasures and a must see for all tourists visiting north Vietnam. Danny and I decided to book a 3 day/2 night cruise along the bay. We spent the first night in a cabin […]
Sailing, sailing on the ocean blue…
The main reason we came to Airlie Beach is because it is the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands consist of over 90 islands, most of which are uninhabited and all but four are completely national parks. The blue green water surrounding these islands are marine park and fall within the Great Barrier […]
Goodbye Sydney, Hello Airlie Beach!
Stacy, Lauren, Mary, me and our big backpacks left Sydney yesterday headed to Airlie Beach. We had a connecting flight trough Brisbane and ended up having to stay the night in Brisbane as our connecting flight was canceled due to flooding in Airlie. Airlie Beach is located in the state of Queensland and this area […]