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, …
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 …
videos of Logic doing 200mile days
In this series of videos hopefully I can share with you what if feels like to sail Logic at an average of 9kts for two and a half days. The …
Lord Howe Island to Opua, New Zealand
After successfully hiding out from the 35kt headwind front, it was time to leave our mooring in Lord Howe Island’s lagoon (LHI). The weather forecast was light winds (motoring) for …
Lord Howe Island
For the 1,200mile crossing of the Tasman Sea, I have 2 competent crew members Andre (in centre) and Kevin (on right). I did a quick snorkel on the new …
Off to New Zealand
The Francis/Logic journey continues. Off to New Zealand today. 1,100miles across the Tasman Sea then 100 miles down the east coast of the North Island to Opua. I’ve got 2 …