http://www.assetimaging.co.nz/Yachts.htm …..Click on virtual tour
Sutera Harbour is where Crusoe will be berthed in the near future, what a great place to call home! Visit their website and book a vacation, by Oct-Nov 2011 Crusoe will be there and you can see her in person! The staff has been most helpful in getting us booked into the marina far in advance, we plan to become full members, and live aboard in 5 star luxury. http://www.suteraharbour.com/v3/
We are back after a long time away from the site, due to many obligations with getting Crusoe ready for sea, haul out, my work etc.. it has been hard to find time to devote to this site, but now the biggest part is done and we are now awaiting our departure from NZ in June. We are now ready to set sail. I return to Africa tomorrow and after 6 weeks I come back to NZ and we are off to North Queensland Australia and yet another crossing of the ditch (Tasman sea - 7th crossing).
We have managed to do 3-4 good sails to shakedown the systems, we can now boast new sails, some additions to our navigation eqpt. Sailmail for email and grib files while at sea, the bottom is clean and both engines (main and Gen set) serviced. We had a nice sail to the Cavali Islands last weekend, 10-18 knots of wind was the most we could muster, but the new sails were quite nice, made by a local company “Willis Sails” in Kerikeri.
We hope to make Cairns direct from Opua, a few thousand NM and really put Crusoe to the test, as the departure will be winter in the lower lats of NZ, however with everyday of “Northing” the weather should improve and warm up as well. The newest plan is to make Cairns ASAP, clear into Ausi, and continue around the top to Darwin where Raewyn & Crusoe will sit out another 6 weeks while I return to work, leaving only a short 1500nm sail to our next destination of Sutera Harbour in Sabah Malaysia, where Crusoe is now registered (Langkawi).
We are now sitting out a 40Kt gale on our mooring in Opua, at present winds are between 30-40kt and we are unable to get to shore without getting wet. Tomorrow I am off to work, so the last day here in NZ is a leisure one, updating this blog site and packing bags, I even got a little nap in! We will endeavour to keep the updates coming, and we hope all our friends, family and visitors will continue to check in and leave us a little blog note, always nice to hear from you.
