Refrigeration nearing completion May 30th 2009 We're less than one week from departure. It's a three day weekend (celebrating the Queen's birthday) and the tradesmen are not here again until Tuesday. We have crew joining us on this leg to Fiji - Matt and Camelia from France are Oestopaths, which might be useful and are available until August when they're moving to work in Christchurch.
One of the highlights of our time in NZ has been live ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » North Shore The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
Tigs and Walter are Currently World Cruising
Virginia Beach, USA to Auckland, New Zealand 2008
Auckland, New Zealand to Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Manly, Australia 2009
RQYS, Manly, Moreton Bay, Australia to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket, Thailand 2010
Boat Lagoon Marina, Phuket - Dec 2010 - Dec 2011 interior refit/paint from top of mast to bottom of keel
2012 island hopping around Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia. June - passage Bali-Durban via Reunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez
June 10 2013 - completed circumnavigation by arriving at Rudee Inlet, Virginia... full info