Cruise of the Ladybug

This lovely small wooden cutter sailed in to the anchorage late yesterday with one older man on deck. I caught these as she ghosted out thi...

Best wishes to everyone who is reading our blog for a healthy and prosperous 2014! On New Years eve, I rigged the little sailing dinghy a...

I have been up and down the 'Nose' three times - once on my own, once with Angelina, David, and Natalie from La Fiesta, and once wi...

Ladybug is still anchored in Whangaroa where we have had a day of rain (I have newly laundered clothes to prove this) and some gusty winds ...

Merry Christmas everyone! I just received a Christmas email from friends on the big aluminum sailing boat, Papillon (butterfly in French)...

After swimming three times with the dolphins, I was chilled through and through, so what better way to warm up than to row ashore, lug the ...

I had the most amazing experience in the north bay of Motukawanui Island (the largest of the Cavalli Islands). A pod of dolphins arrived ...

I left Opua yesterday just as the tide began to ebb, coasting down the channel under jib alone to the open beach anchorage off the town of ...

I have had a few hikes on Urupukapuka island in the last 2 days. This is a large island that was once home to hundreds of Maori. There are ...

I am finally getting around to posting a few pictures from our first week in New Zealand. Some of these are from Russell where we spent th...