The time had come to finally say goodbye to Tonga (and all the humpback whales!) and set sail to Fiji. Just one problem... We couldn't use our mainsail! ...
Out Chasing Stars
We saved the best of Tonga's Ha'apai Group for last as we were the only humans around to witness a newborn humpback calf being helped to the surface by it's ...
Our Tongan Haapai Group adventure continues as we sail to two new islands: Uoleva and Tatafa. We get to do a bit of racing, a bit of fishing and a bit of ...
The time had come to explore a new part of Tonga: the Ha'apai Group. It's about a 60 mile sail to get there and along the way we got to encounter those ...
With Starry Horizons back on the mend, we set out to explore a place of the Vava'u Group of Tonga we had never been before: Kenutu Island. This is one of ...
After a long awaited return to Starry Horizons in Tonga, we immediately started re-commissioning her and discovered a serious problem. The anodes on our ...
Ep95. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour 2 more boats. The Antares ...
Cruising Off Duty
Ep94. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour one of our favorite boats ...
Ep93. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit ...
Ep92. In this Episode of Cruising Off Duty, we will take you on a guided tour of the Xquisite X5, which is a modern state of the art 50' Catamaran from ...
Ep91. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we are wrapping up Day 1 of the show, which had us doing a marathon session of comparing all the Catamarans built ...
You asked for it, and here it is! This is the presentation we gave at my Grandma's retirement community in Bellevue, WA on April 30, 2017, covering the first ...
Ep90.. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit ...
Ep89.. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit ...
Ep88. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit ...
This episode we are lucky enough to be part of the panel at the World Cruising Club Ocean Sailing Seminar, and then we go (hypothetical) catamaran shopping! We ...
Sailing Ruby Rose
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue comparing Sailing Catamarans from the Annapolis Sailboat Show in terms of how we feel they would suit our ...
Ep86, In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we visit the Annapolis Sailboat Show, which has a lot of Catamarans on display. We are doing a multi-episode ...
S/V Julia sailed into Hilo, Hawaii on June 5th after 15 days at sea to mark the end of our second Pacific Crossing! And fortunately, this part of the passage ...
We will be in Annapolis MD to check out the Annapolis Sailboat show from Thursday-Saturday (Oct 5th-7th). After the coverage we did on our channel last year, ...
Our second passage across the Pacific Ocean finally begins! San Francisco Bay gifted us a lovely fog to get started and off we went back out under the Golden ...
Apparently, we liked sailing crossing the Pacific Ocean so much, we just had to do it again! This time we hopped on board s/v Julia, a Helia Evolution, to ...
It's always the last day of a passage when things go wrong! We set sail from New Zealand to head back up to Tonga for another South Pacific cruising season. ...
Our time in New Zealand was rapidly drawing to a close. But before we could sail north for another cruising season in the South Pacific, there were a couple ...