Before we head to the northern hemisphere for a very cold summer break we prepare Greatcircle at her temporary home in the Town Basin

After exploring the Bay of Islands a bit more we sail Greatcircle from Opua to Whangarei where she will stay as we will travel to Europe for a couple of months.

After 2 months we leave Fiji to go 1100 miles south to Opua, New Zealand Featuring @miss.blanik who will join us on all bigger crossings

Scary moments as Greatcircle is hauled out in a very narrow slipway on a cart with a couple of wooden blocks. But it's the only place in Fiji where you can ...

On our way to be hauled out for repairs in Vuda Point marina we cruise around the Mamanuca islands, visit the islands where Cast Away was recorded and meet the ...

Sailing north to south through the Yasawa chain of islands together with Wasa and Moorea

It's going to take a couple of weeks to send the new rudder and the parts for the steering over from France so we have time to slowly hop towards Vuda Point ...

On our way out of the Vanua Balava atol we unfortunately hit an uncharted reef sailing between 7 and 8 knots

We sail south from Matagi towards the fantastic Bay of Islands, the Fijian one that is, and sail around Vanua Balavu and visit the villages of Lomaloma and ...

We chill a bit in Savusavu before we find a reasonable weather window to start heading for the Lau group, a group of remote islands on the east side of Fiji.

After a couple of days in Wallis it was time to head for Fiji. Copra Shed Marina in Savusavu is about 370 miles away from Wallis and we plan to get there in ...

We sail together with Inky from Samoa to Wallis, part of the French oversees territory. An island with just a handful of tourists every year. It looks like ...

After 3 years Samoa was opening up again and will try to start up tourism again. Of course this has had an impact on live on the island but everybody is still ...

We manage to find a window to leave through the only pass of Maupiti and head for Samoa, 1200 miles to the northeast. The sea state is not ideal with 3m+ waves ...

We stayed a week in Bora Bora before sailing to Maupiti, only 30 miles further west. You can check in every time in this beautiful atol, but you can never ...

Feeling a lot better and the weather plays along, so let's cross to Bora Bora after all.

We cross from Huahine to Taha'a and Raiatea and join the World Odyssey rendez vous over there circulating around 3 different anchorages.

Mark returns to Tahiti to bring the boat back in the water and sail Greatcircle to Huahine where the captain joins a couple of weeks later.

In July 2021 our Outremer 55 Greatcircle was delivered in the South of France. Since then we have been sailing fulltime and participated in the GLYWO 500, a ...

We closely follow Inky Blue crossing from the Tuamotus to Tahiti and prepare the boats for haul out at Technimarine.

We sail from Fakarava to the neighbouring atol of Toau to see it's beauty and improve the angle and distance towards Tahiti. Also testing whether the emergency ...

Sailing in the Tuamotus from Raroia to top shark atol Fakarava

It's a 2 day sail from Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas to the first atol we are going to visit in the Tuamotus, Raroia. Two completely different worlds going from ...

Sailing from Nuku Hiva to Tahuata, Hiva Oa and Fatu Hiva