Zen - family cruising catamaran

Family of 4 sailing from New England to Auckland, New Zealand '08-'10

26 August 2010 | Portsmouth, Rhode Island
27 April 2010 | Rhode Island
05 April 2010 | Fort Lauderdale, FL
24 March 2010 | Portsmouth, RI
19 February 2010 | middle of Pacific Ocean
12 February 2010 | Waiheke Island, NZ
08 February 2010 | Auckland, New Zealand
30 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
26 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
22 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
20 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
17 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
14 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
08 January 2010 | Los Angeles, CA
07 January 2010 | Newark International Airport
27 December 2009 | Rhode Island, USA
10 December 2009 | New Delhi, India
02 December 2009 | South Island, NZ
13 November 2009 | Whangarei, New Zealand
10 November 2009 | Opua and Kerikeri, New Zealand

Lots to Celebrate

26 January 2010 | Whangarei, New Zealand
Monique
Zen was donned with her mast and sails on Monday. Our friends cheered as we motored down the river in Whangarei.


Tom and I would love to cut the docklines at Town Basin Marina and sail out for some hardcore NZ cruising before we leave this great country, but we are tied up until Friday waiting on some final refit detailing. We could be stuck in a much worse locale, right?

While here, we paid tribute to Tom's birthday. He was shuttled up to Pahia, a touristy waterfront town about an hour north of here, where he was surrounded by 8 of his cruising pals for lunch. Serendipity played a role and live music wove it's way into Tom's day. Our friend, Allan, played the drums with his local band. Tom settled into 3 hours of live music, with a play list that he would have chosen song for song. An overseas phone call with our kiddos singing the Bday Song came in at the perfect time. Eating some delicious Indian curries and breads, while our buddy, Bruce Balan, a children's book author, recited from Dr Seuss' "Happy Birthday to You" was the finale.

Now, sitting on our new comfy interior cushions (see pic - larger ones in Photo Gallery) we plan our week of sailing the NZ coast towards Auckland to meet Dockwise Yacht Transport. Closer and closer is Zen to reaching US waters and us to reuniting w/Cammi and Cole!
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Vessel Name: Zen
Vessel Make/Model: Atlantic 48' catamaran
Hailing Port: Newport, RI
Crew: Tom, Monique and Kids
About:
Tom, Monique, Cammi, and Cole. Tom is the CEO/Founder for a high-tech advertising firm, which he just sold to a large US media company, giving us the ability to set sail. [...]
Extra:
Eight years ago, we sold our advertising company, and left terra firma on our monohull, "Uliad", for a family cruise. As soon as we returned to land, immediately we started planning our 2nd cruise. Here's the continuation of our journey, except this time the kids are active crew members, [...]
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