Couples Cruising: Making His Dream Ours
I’m writing this on our sailboat in New Zealand, bound for Fiji and beyond. This was my husband’s idea. How did I get here?
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From Tahiti, Tonga and Fiji to Vanuatu, the Cook Islands and beyond—sailing charter vacations in the South Pacific Islands offer adventures for all abilities.
I’m writing this on our sailboat in New Zealand, bound for Fiji and beyond. This was my husband’s idea. How did I get here?
The 70-foot catamaran Saphira was years in the making for this couple who wanted the perfect boat to cruise the world.
El Niño changed the dynamics of cyclone season, leaving us hopscotching across the islands of the South Pacific for shelter.
Updated every five years, this survey is an in-depth look at where long-distance cruisers sail, what kinds of boats they’re aboard, and more.
Cruising World and Starry Horizons set out on a weeklong digital adventure to Fiji.
Know the local tides and carefully plan your entry.
Fiji’s Drua Experience works to reconnect youth with traditional sailing culture.
The ongoing pandemic continues to create uncertainties for a sailing family, but COVID restrictions don’t stop them from visiting friends and relatives back in the States.
On a journey through the South Pacific, a pair of young sailors take up freediving as a new hobby.
This welcoming, protected bay was a perfect South Pacific haven during a time of lockdown.
In a time when most other Pacific island nations were closing their borders to cruisers, Fiji figured out a way to welcome them.
Need a sailing fix while stuck in port? Try planning your dream route!
Should you set of for the South Seas this year? Well… that depends.
The COVID-19 pandemic raised some serious questions for cruisers in 2020. Here, sailors around the world share their experiences and offer insight into the possibilities during the new normal.
Circumnavigator Cap’n Fatty Goodlander offers a few tips for anchoring in challenging conditions found in the South Pacific.
For cruisers who were voyaging far from home this past spring, COVID lockdowns presented a new set of hurdles.
A French kitesurf instructor sets up a kite school aboard his boat in the Tuamotus.
With poorly charted lagoons and plenty of coral heads, the beautiful atolls of the South Pacific require preparation, caution and polarized sunglasses to safely explore.
With new anchoring restrictions in some of French Polynesia’s most popular cruising destinations, some sailors are wondering if they should change their plans.
A South Seas charter in Tahiti checks off some bucket list items for two cruising sailors.
A pair of adventurous sailors find Tonga’s remote Niua island group to be just the cruising experience they’re looking for.
Fatty and Carolyn are once again enchanted by one of their favorite cruising grounds, New Zealand.
This event, held every four years, includes performers from across the Pacific.
The Goodlanders join in the festivities on Huahine.