Whangarei Town Basin
Scream spent another very pleasant month in the town basin marina in Whangarei. We were mostly waiting for mail: we received new bank cards, driver's licenses, and Darusha's NZ citizenship papers, amongst other things. We really like Whangarei and the town basin marina. Whangarei has a lot of services to offer to boats. There are […]
Whangaroa
Scream spent a wonderful week in Whangaroa. Most of New Zealand looks more like Canada than the South Pacific, but there is no mistaking the volcanic origin of Whangaroa. The harbour is beautiful and very well protected. We anchored in four different locations inside Whangaroa's large harbour. First we waited out an easterly blow in […]
Paihia
Paihia is the town on New Zealand's Bay of Islands. Scream anchored overnight in the bay north of Paihia, between it and Waitangi. The anchorage is a vast area of sand bottom with about 2.5m at chart datum. Given that zero tides are rare in New Zealand, boats drawing less than 3m can anchor here […]
Passage from Fiji to New Zealand
Scream spent eleven days sailing from Savusavu in Fiji to Opua in New Zealand. We spent several weeks before we departed looking for favourable weather for the passage. We wanted to leave when the weather systems were weak, with little difference between the central pressures of the local highs and lows. We departed with a […]
Passage from Fiji to New Zealand
Scream spent eleven days sailing from Savusavu in Fiji to Opua in New Zealand. We spent several weeks before we departed looking for favourable weather for the passage. We wanted to leave when the weather systems were weak, with little difference between the central pressures of the local highs and lows. We departed with a […]
Naingani and Makogai
Scream spent two nights at Naingani, in the eastern part of Fiji's Koro Sea. Naingani has a village and a resort, though we didn't visit either. The snorkelling was good. The anchorage is a roadstead north of the island. Reefs east and west of the anchorage provide only minimal protection from those directions. This is […]
Food
We live on a boat and find our food where we can, which has made eating very important for us. From our perspective, the carelessness with which ordinary people in Western society eat is astonishing. Eating Locally I can speak with some authority on the ways different cultures interact with food. We've spent years living […]
Lautoka Area Anchorages
The simple truth is that there aren't any good anchorages near Lautoka or Nadi. Which is unfortunate as the airport at Nadi and customs at Lautoka give this area a huge draw to cruisers. We've anchored in a lot of places in the Lautoka area, and here is what we can say. Lautoka ( 17˚36.1 […]
Musket Cove
Scream spent four nights at Musket Cove. The marina in musket cove is easily the nicest facility in Fiji. The water is crystal clear and filled with fish. The shore is lined with great sand beaches with palm trees behind. This is where they take those postcard pictures. (This is a great picture of the […]
Navadra
Scream spent two nights at the beautiful island of Navadra. The anchorage here is the northernmost anchorage in the Mamanuca group, and is closer to Waya in the Yasawas than to most of the Mamanucas. The island is uninhabited. The sand beaches are beautiful. The water at Navadra is shockingly clear. Visibility is over 20m. […]