Sailing Azimuth

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  Adjusting to Life as Land Lubbers in New ZealandNovember 21, 2024
  Hi everyone! Last time we left you we were enjoying life at anchor in Tonga and sampling the delights of playing gigs again. This time we sail from Tonga to New Zealand and get settled into the life of Land lubbers! The sail from Tonga to New Zealand has a fearsome reputation amongst sailors. Its …

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  Battle of the Bands in Tonga!October 19, 2024
  Last time we left you we were enjoying ourselves in Niue . This time we tell you what we have been up to in the last month, our travels to and our exploration of the Vava’u islands in the Kingdom of Tonga. Our time in Niue was coming to an end. Our hand was some …

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  Niue, A Little Gem in the PacificSeptember 23, 2024
  Hi to everyone again. Last time we left you we had just arrived at the island of Niue after a difficult sail. Arriving at Niue was a lovely experience. The seas died and the welcome of the radio from the islands 24 hour a day coastguard channel was warm and freindly. We pulled up to …

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  The Sail From Hell!September 17, 2024
  Hi again! Last time we left you, we were just getting ready to depart from Penrhyn. Our next destination was planned to be Niue, one of the worlds smallest countries, a small island about 1000 miles south west of Penrhyn. Originally we had planned to sail to Suwarrow, another Cook Island and a national park …

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  We want to live in Penrhyn!September 1, 2024
  Last time we left you we had arrived in the beautiful atoll of Penrhyn in the Cook Islands., known locally as Tongareva. We had been welcomed with open arms by the people in the village where we were anchored. Well it certainly is paradise, so we thought we would tell you a little more about …

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  The friendliest people in the world?August 17, 2024
  Hi again! Last time we left you we had just left Tahiti and were sailing to the Society Island of Huahine to hide out for a few days whilst we waited for a weather window to continue our journey on to the Cook Islands. Well Huahine was a little gem and well worth the visit! …

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  Raraka Atoll and Onwards to TahitiJuly 27, 2024
  Last time we left you, we were tucked up in Raraka Atoll in the Tuamotus Archipelago in French Polynesia. This time we show you more of Raraka Atoll and then we sail to Tahiti for our last 10 days in French Polynesia (well officially!). We continued to spend our time enjoying Raraka. I went out …

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  An Atoll to Ourselves!July 3, 2024
  Hi to everyone. Last time we left you we were in Makemo Atoll enjoying the peace and tranquillity. Time for me to catch up with some videos that I took over the last month or so. My laptop has been playing up recently, and it takes ages for it to process the videos. Also, I …

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  Dodging BommiesJune 20, 2024
  Hi to everyone. last time we posted we had just arrived in the beautiful atoll of Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago. This time we will tell you about our exploration of this atoll and where we are currently in Makemo Atoll. The first thing you are probably asking is what are Bommies, and why do …

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Countries Visited List. Click on any for posts from that country.

Canaries (1) Cape Verde (3) Colombia (3) Cook Islands (3) Croatia (1) Curacao (3) England (8) French Polynesia (10) Gibraltar (1) Grenada (3) Ireland (11) Madeira (3) Marquesas Islands (6) Martinique (6) New Zealand (1) Niue (1) Northern Ireland (4) Pacific Ocean (18) Panama (9) Portugal (3) Scotland (12) Society Islands (2) Spain (4) St Lucia (2) St Vincent and the Grenadines (4) Tonga (2) Trinidad & Tobago (3) Tuamotus (4) Wales (4)

Click the link below to find us on Marine Traffic. This gets updated from the boats AIS transmitter. Note, that depending on where we are, this is not always reliable!

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5879785/mmsi:232019297/imo:0/vessel:AZIMUTH/_:9d34b36c980b5228c6cbb998c03c06f2

See the anchorages we have visited here: