Cruise of the Ladybug

It is dawn on day 2 and we are are beating into a very short period swell, dropping into the shallow sharp wave troughs every few seconds. N...

Brian, the new owner, and I departed Whangaroa this morning around 10, clearing the harbour under motor and hoisting all sail for a light a...

Brian, the new owner is on board and we are currently anchored in Whangaroa awaiting a suitable weather window for the voyage up around the...

First let me wish you a very happy and prosperous new year in 2015! It is hard to believe that this is the third Christmas season I have ...

I returned to New Zealand late in November to prepare Ladybug for sale. She had swung around a mooring for 8 months under the watchful eyes...

Captain Kurt Lorenz and Jamie Orr on the approaches to San Francisco I am just back from a delivery run from Victoria, BC to San Franci...

Sorry to say that we will be taking a break from cruising for a while. We need to go back to work and want to spend more time with our pare...

When we visited French Polynesia en route to New Zealand in 2012, rumours were flying of a German cruiser had recently been murdered and po...

Just received an email from friends, Jos and Logan, who have a boat moored next to Ladybug in McLeod Bay. They attached this picture of the...

I have started another blog to document some of what we are up to outside of the cruising world. It is called "Go The Wrong Way" ...