Don & Deb's Big Adventure Continues in Oz

We are now living in Melbourne, Australia after selling our beautiful yacht 'Buena Vista' in New Zealand. Even so...the big adventure will continue one way or another!

09 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Nine to New Zealand
08 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Seven to New Zealand
07 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Seven to New Zealand
06 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Six to New Zealand
05 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Five to New Zealand
04 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Four to New Zealand
03 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Three to New Zealand
02 November 2014 | At Sea - Day Two to New Zealand
01 November 2014 | At Sea - Day One to New Zealand
31 October 2014 | Momi Bay, Fiji
31 October 2014 | Momi Bay, Fiji
24 September 2014 | Yasawa-irara, Yasawas, fiji
23 September 2014 | Yasawa-irara, Yasawas, Fiji
21 September 2014 | Cololevu, Yasawas, Fiji
19 September 2014 | Cololevu, Yasawas, Fiji
18 September 2014 | Namataya Bay, Yasawas, Fiji
16 September 2014 | Malacati Village, Yasawas, Fiji
13 September 2014 | Blue Lagoon, Fiji
08 September 2014 | Blue Lagoon, Fiji
06 September 2014 | Blue Lagoon, Nanuya Levu Island, Fiji

Sevin Islands In A Tinny

16 August 2012 | Suwarrow Atoll, Northern Cook Islands
Ants (the park ranger) drove the tinny (a metal boat like a panga in Mexico) and nine of us climbed aboard for the ride to Sevin Islands. It's a lovely motu area on the far east side of the Suwarrow lagoon. We found incredible snorkeling, not a huge number of fish but great coral and the cleanest clearest water you can imagine. Back onshore the hunt for coconut crabs kept the men's attention. The crabs are a beautiful blue and they are very tough creatures, tough as in keep your fingers away from their pinchers or you'll lose one. Craig on 'Gato Go' had to wrestle with one that he was holding. It kept attaching itself with various claws to Craig's t-shirt. I have it on video and it's quite funny. After capturing and subdueing 6-8 crabs we took off in the tinny and on the way back we stopped at another atoll known for it's nesting birds. Frigates and baby frigates, terns and lots of others. We stopped near the South Reef by the pass for a final snorkel and then returned to Anchorage Island. That night we had a potluck on the beach and ate as much coconut crab as we wanted...so yummy.
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Vessel Name: Buena Vista
Vessel Make/Model: 46' Formosa Peterson
Hailing Port: Ventura, California
Crew: Don and Debbie Robertson
About: The idea of going cruising started when Deb read the book , "Sell up and Sail" around the time they purchased their first boat, a Catalina 22 and joined Chico Yacht Club in 1994.
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Last great adventure was traveling around Australia for 12 months in a VW van in 1992, and getting married in New Zealand on the way back to the States. After two years cruising in Mexico, in 2012 we sailed across the South Pacific stopping at many island nations including French Polynesia, the [...]

Buena Vista's Crew

Who: Don and Debbie Robertson
Port: Ventura, California
I may not have an expensive watch but I've got the time!