Andrew Veritas

Whangaroa, For Real This Time

The wind turned southeast and the rain died down, so we left Opua and headed straight out of the bay.[…]

With Ben shipped off to the next stage of his adventure, the crew of Villa picked up provisions and headed[…]

After our last night in Auckland, we packed up and started to head north towards the Bay of Islands and[…]

Our first adventure occurred earlier than we had planned, when we started hearing a thumping sound as we drove along[…]

We left Villa tied up at the Bay of Islands Marina, packed the car full of luggage and cat, and[…]

We’re not all caught up posting our stories so far, and we’re certainly not done having adventures. But our “two-year[…]

Our check-in to New Zealand was smooth, at least to start. Biosecurity came to the boat, asked us what we[…]

On previous passage we’ve posted daily about our current status and state of mind. This passage was no different, we[…]

We anchored outside Vuda Marina, and started thinking about leaving Fiji. We didn’t want to sail to New Zealand with[…]

We set out for Waya Island, intending to take a break after the “yard time” on Vuda marina’s central ball.[…]