New Zealand to Minerva Reef
The passage from New Zealand to the Minerva reefs was a lot more challenging than the run over from Australia to New Zealand. In hindsight, I would have probably waited …
off to Fiji (fourth time lucky)
So far we have had to cancel 3 departure date over the last 16days. Two when late cyclones suddenly appeared in what was looking like ideal weather windows. Two days …
Cyclone Ella told us to wait for the next high
The evening prior to departure all the yachts waiting for a weather window to depart, had a meeting. A number of them had some concerns about (yet another late cyclone), …
Leaving New Zealand for Fiji
Cyclone Donna, has finally moved on. It turned into a low pressure system that joined the next front coming across the Tasman Sea. The remnants of Donna gave New Zealand …
Leaving New Zealand……..sometime
The tropical waters of the South Pacific have an official cyclone season, over summer, from 1st November to 30th April (in the northern hemisphere they are called hurricanes and typhoons, …
Lisa, 13/3 to 6/4/17
Lisa sailed on Logic from the 13th of March to 6th of April 2017 Lisa works at the harbour in Falmouth on the south western English coast, who was over in NZ for …
Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
I now have a crew member for the next 4wks of my time in New Zealand. Lisa works at the harbour in Falmouth on the south western English …
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Logic and I have sailed over to New Zealand to escape from the heat of a Queensland summer. Now we are here it is time to explore this amazing country, and it’s …
Kevin (3rd to 18th Febuary 2017)
Kevin, joined me for the sail from Brisbane to NZ. He wrote up the trip, through his eyes, for the blog Hi Francis From Brisbane Australia to Opua New …
Two year review
It is now 2 years since I signed the contract to buy Logic, a lot has changed, most certainly I’ve changed a lot. I’m a lot happier living on the …