Cruising Info

Indonesia

  • So far…
  • Ternate
  • Manado on Sulawesi

New Zealand

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  • A Quickie Guide to Our Favorite Northland Anchorages
  • Auckland
  • Waiheke Island
  • Tauranga/Mount Maunganui
  • The Marlborough Sounds Cruising Guide
  • Abel Tasman National Park Cruising Guide
  • Nelson and why we loved it
  • Stewart Island Cruising Guide (under construction)
  • New Zealand Discoveries

New Caledonia

Anchoring in Noumea
A map and discussion.

Noumea Map
Some of our favorite things (and some cruising essentials) in Noumea, New Caledonia

Ile des Pins – A Few of our Favorite Places
Here’s an interactive Google Map with the places we’d go back to again.

The Rocket Guide, Explained (video)
We wouldn’t be without the New Caledonia Rocket Guide. Here’s a video showing some of it’s features.

Online Mobile Phone Recharge
I found a way to do it. It was simple and very useful if you’re out cruising and can’t buy a new Liberté card.


Vanuatu

(This is a work in progress as we’ve only been here a few weeks. We’ll add more.)

Cell phone service in Vanuatu – a how-to guide


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Fiji

Our updated and revamped Fiji Guide includes:

  • Two-At-Sea Fiji Guide: includes Our Fiji Saga, A Fiji Overview, Things You Need to Know to Cruise Fiji.
  • Fiji East Side and Middle: Includes Suggested Routes for Cruising Eastern and Middle Fiji, The Anchorages of Eastern and Middle Fiji, Thoughts on Cruising the Lau Islands, a Savusavu Guide, and some thoughts on Curly’s cruising seminar.
  • Fiji’s South Side:  Includes a map guide to Suva, A Beqa Cruising and Anchorage Guide (with routes and waypoints), a Pacific Harbour Cruisers Map, and soon to come, a guide to Kadavu and the Astrolabe Reef.
  • Fiji’s West Side: Includes an Introduction to Western Fiji, Things We Learned about Western Fiji, The Cruiser’s Triangle, the Mamanucas, and the Yasawas. Under Construction: A Western Fiji Anchorage Guide.

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Tonga

  • Including…
  • Google Earth charts
  • Tongatapu Google anchorage map
  • Vava’u Anchorages

 


Tasmania


Los Angeles…

Really!? Cruising Los Angeles? No, but some people visit LA and here’s our favorite stuff. Link to the full-size Google map.


Navigation

  • Making AT5 Satellite Charts
  • Open-Ocean Chart Errors
  • Cherish Your Tracks
  • Electronic Compass Calibration
  • Chart Error or Off-Road Vehicle?
  • Satellite Images in the Cockpit

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Cruising Equipment Reviews

  • What’s worked for us and what hasn’t.
  • NASA BM-2 Battery Monitor (Yay)
  • Torqeedo Outboard (Boo)
  • Simrad 4G Radar (Yay)
  • Balmar Regulators and Alternators
  • More coming soon


Arduino Boat Projects

  • Space Heater Thermostat
  • Exhaust Temperature Alarm
  • Chartplotter Alarm
    and more coming soon

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Miscellaneous

  • Smartphone Cruising
  • Picket Fence Anchor Alarm
  • Sat Phone Tips
  • Incredible Free Fishing Lure
  • Wikipedia Offline?
  • and more…