It is now 7am and we are getting our first ocean sunrise in many months. We finally got out of Auckland at noon on Wednesday. It was bittersweet leaving NZ, not knowing if or when we shall return. Our firs…
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Email reminder
Just a reminder to everyone that we now regularly only check our ‘at sea’ email. Text only with no photos or attachments, please. Eric
It’s time to move on ……
It’s hard to believe we arrived here in Auckland NZ 6 months ago. We have had great adventures and met many wonderful people. But, as always in our wandering cruising life, there comes a time to move on. We have been…
America’s Cup
The next America’s Cup will be sailed in 70′ catamarans in San Francisco. As a build up to that event, preliminary events will be sailed as a series called the Americas Cup World Series in ‘AC45’ (45 ft) catamarans. The…
Seven Vakas Begin Historic Voyage by Bear Bloomquist
These are VakasA Vaka is an ancient Maori canoe with two hulls. They are 22 meters long and hold 16 people. There are 7 vakas and 2 support boats beginning a historic voyage. Their path is: NZ – Fakarava – Hawaii – San Fransisco – San Diego. They start…
Back in NZed
Just a quick note to let you all know that we are back on the boat in Auckland and getting ready to launch to Fiji after Easter. Much work has been done on the boat in recent months and she’s in good shape for the season. Our plan is to spend a couple …
Ski Season Grand Finale
Today is day 4 of our week long adventure at “Mike Wiegle Heli Skiing” in Blue River B.C.This is a spectacular operation tucked between the Cariboo and Monashee mountain ranges. Each day we are skiing in a group of 10 along with 2 guides.&n…
Skiing Whistler
Eric with his daughter, MargaretNo views were to be seen at Whistler/Blackcomb but that meant snow, snow, snow! We had three days of fresh powder skiing in the mountains where we rented a condo right on the slopes for easy access.The Whistler ski resor…
Family time in Canada
Oak, Margaret and ShirleyOak, Margaret, Shirley and EricFour generations of Bloomquists gathered in Vancouver this weekend for some good old fashion family time. Great-grandma “Boo” flew in from Minneapolis for the weekend where she didn’t let a little…
What’s up for 2011?
After 3 months of great skiing and visiting family and friends in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver, we are starting to shift gears and think about returning to Oso Blanco in Auckland. Oso has had a lot of scheduled maintenance sinc…
