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13 Going Home ↑

• Hot off the press

• Happy New Year from NaMaNi!

• Nicky's Page and Life on a Boat

• Back in the Fatherland

• Four years in fourty words or less

• The backshore of Peaks Island...

• Back at 41N 74W...

• Surf's Up!

• In the Bubble

12 In Australia ↑

• The Perils of Cruising...

• Then and Now

• 145 degrees 43 minutes East...

• Last Night at Anchor on Namani

• The home stretch

• Too much time in the mangroves...

• Mangroves, Mosquitoes, and Cyclones

• Out of Tasmania, into the Tropics

• A Day in Brisbane

• On the hard

• Namani goes 3D

• Wow - time flies!

• At the dock again

• Theory Meets Reality...

• A Surprise Visit

• Happy New Year from Namani!

• Cruisers and Racers

• Waterfront Property

• Whale Beach - Then and Now

• New Vanuatu Photo Album

• New Head and New Photo Album

• Reaching Out to Fellow Dufour 35 Cruisers

• Good holding

• Getting settled

11 New Zealand to Australia ↑

• Australian East Coast Weather 101

• Humming along nicely

• Out of the tropics

• New Caledonia - Bonus Round

• A Salty Piece of Land

• Picon!

• New Photo Album and Weather Update

• Hoping we'll be wrong again...

• Turtles or crocodiles?

• A beautiful breezy spot

• Der Hahn im Korb

• Pines and Birthdays

• New Caledonia here we come

• Pictures in the Sand

• Basket blon titi

• Birthdays, laundry and hunting rifles

• The "coolest and scariest thing"...

• Vanuatu - Week 1

• Arrival

• The 100 Mile Mark

• Moving again

• The Google Cloud - We found it!

• The Veggie Boat ... and two new reports by Nicky

• Oncoming Traffic

• No Scurvy Today!

• New Zealand to Fiji - Nicky's Cut

• Westwards again!

• Sailing to "Long Island"

• Jaws still dropping

• Under way to Fulanga

• Taveuni

• Moving on...

• Warning: Commercial Break

• The (Weather-)Tsar's Thumb

• Arrival

• Land ho!

• We almost forgot...

• New Zealand to Fiji - Week 1

• Taking the long way...

• Going North...

• This time we mean it!

10 In New Zealand ↑

• Living It Up in the Hotel California (aka New Zealand)

• Not just waiting...

• Forecast continuity - or the lack thereof...

• News from Nicky

• Getting Ready to Leave

• Mudslides and ANZAC Day

• A birthday blow-out and more boat projects

• High and Dry in Opua

• A Wonderful, Whirlwind Visit

• South Island Side Trip

• Lesson Plans Ahoy!

• Heading South

• Under the Duke's Nose

• Fly Lufthansa

• Back where we started

• Dragonfire pizza

• Windshift

• Das Knaurs Spielbuch

• Back in the Gulf

• Scallops and Chowdah!

• Next: Stop Slipper Island

• On the move again

• Nicky's Maori Arts and Culture report

• Road Trip to Tongariro National Park

• Breakfast with Andre

• Happy New Year from Tauranga!

• Making Tracks Again

• Team Namani Wins Americas Cup

• New Zealand - Month 1

• Auckland!

• Last exit before Auckland

• Back to civilization...

• Keeping up the pace

• Attention: Low Flying Dolphins

• Scallops and Tuatuas

• Scallops and sunsets

• The sooner the better...

• Light wind sailing

• Going south in small steps

• Making tracks again

• New photo albums - at last...

• New Zealand - Week 1

09 Pacific Crossing ↑

• Arrival!

• Less than 100nm to the Bay of Islands

• Slow progress

• Getting closer...

• 30deg South

• Greetings from the Great Pacific Duck Pond

• Back to zero and a strike

• Slowly gliding towards NZ

• Off again

• Greetings from Minerva

• On our way...

• Back at anchor

• Greetings from the deluge

• Waiting for the low to pass (and a new report by Nicky)

• At the starting line

• Halloween at Nomuka Iki

• Another island to ourselves

• Tongan Take-out

• Off the chart

• An island to ourselves

• Moving south - in small steps

• Moving on...

• The cruiser's Ponzi scheme

• Going east...

• Tonga, week 1

• Just around the corner

• Safely arrived in Tonga

• Getting ahead

• Bye bye Niue

• New school report by Nicky

• New Photos and Album

• Nicky's birthday

• Namani off "The Rock"

• Turning the corner

• The far side of the world

• UTC - 11

• Sailing!

• Suwarrow - Week 1

• Scuba day

• One year anniversary and mantas again

• Cruisers' heaven

• Almost there

• 150nm to go

• Speeding along

• Wind again

• 500 nm to go...

• Rolling on the ocean....

• Ready to go

• Spass am Spi-Baum and the "Tour de Maupiti"

• New photo album and the road ahead

• Magic Mantas

• Bora Bora

• Kids in the Coral Garden

• A whirlwind day (kind of)

• Ready to move again

• Going deep

• End of hard time and "Making bubbles"

• On the hard

• A nice overnight sail

• At anchor again - at last

• Nicky goes Gaugin (and others)

• Heiva on Tahiti

• New Photo Album

• Back Home

• Civilization (or what's commonly considered as such...)

• Land ho!

• Au revoir Toau

• Moving north

• A bay to ourselves

• Big fish day!

• Fish: 3 - Namani: 0

• Smooth sailing...

• Under way again...

• New photo album

• A pit stop in Taihoae...

• Child's play

• Foodshopping...

• A new island

• A short hop south

• Away from the "big city"

• Perfect timing

• Island Tour

• Nicky's new report on the Galapagos

• New photo album

• Back on Hiva Oa

• WOW!

• Landfall!

• The home stretch...

• Alaska...

• 300nm to go...

• A slow news day ...

• It's Monday...

• Under 1000nm...

• Pacific rendez-vous

• Bergfest!

• Sail change and another strike

• Less than 2000nm to go...

• Day 10

• Strike!

• Sailing as it should be

• Right turn towards the Marquesas

• A nice sailing day

• Looking for the trades...

• Still beating to windward...

• Close reaching to the Marquesas

• Ready to go...

• New Photo Album

• Back on Namani

• Galapagos Impressions

• Sunday evening update from Cristobal

• New photo album and new report by Nicky

• Swimming with the sharks...

• Anchor Excitement

• Arrival!

• Over the Line!

• Two days ...

• Our daily fix

• Getting there...

• Slow but beautiful

• Pacific by kayak

• Third night out

• Under way again

• Second night out...

• Ready to go

08 In Panama ↑

• Film tip: Between Home

• Work Week Completed - Back at Balboa

• Flashback: Dinner with Ken and Sylvia

• A beautiful spot all to ourselves

• Sailing again!

• Namani caught on film in the Canal!

• PACIFICO!

• Halfway through

• Standing by...

• Ready for the Canal

• Sneak Preview: Addendum...

• Nicky's Page

• Happy New Year!

• Sneak Preview

• Shelter Bay

• Fresh bread

• Riding the Bus

• The Tip-Top Restaurant

• Back to Civilization

• Back in Porvenir

• Moving ...

• Who'll stop the rain...

• Papas y huevos - saved from the cans!

• A beautiful anchorage...

07 US to Panama ↑

• Arrival!

• The home stretch...

• Third night out

• 370 nm to go...

• Under way again

• At Chart's End... A Recap

• Arrival

• What a night!

• Getting there...

• On the road again....

• At anchor!

• Life at an angle...

• Free at last...

• Out of soundings ...

• 24 hrs out ...

• Ready to go?

06 US East Coast Southbound ↑

• Sailing again!

• An unexpectedly nice sail...

• Re-tracing our steps

• Among Friends

• Namani Airborne ...

• At Anchor Again

• Addendum...

• The ice is melting...

• Arrival in Cape May - Drenched but happy

• New York!

• More Island time ...

• The windvane is up again!

• Small fry anomg the big fish...

• The Germans are Coming!

• South of the Canal

• Welcome to Gloucester!

• Southbound at last!

• A quick turnaround

05 Maine Shakedown Cruising ↑

• Back in Casco Bay

• A Bay to ourselves...

• The State of Maine

• New Photo Album

• Back to School

• Up in Penobscot Bay

• Dinghy ride to the airport

• At Anchor at Last!

• Not so bad after all

• Waiting for and with Irene

• Out of the frying pan and into the coals...

• On the Water!

• Something Left Undone

• Today's Menu

• Two years in paradise begins ...

• The Daily Commute

• Launch!

• A Hole in the Hull!

• Shed with a View

• Namani 2011

04 Puerto Rico to Maine ↑

• 10,000 Miles of Summer

• Shopping Guide to the Eastern Caribbean

• The final postcard arrives...

• Cruising with a Child on a Sailboat

• Our year on Namani in summary

• Laying Up Namani

• The last post from aboard Namani (for now)

• Passing the Torch?

• An addition to our top-10 list of favorite anchorges

• MAINE!

• The home stretch...

• This could be the last time...

• 160 nm to go...

• Sailing again

• ICW, Mile 0...

• Intracoastal Waterway & Arearea Re-union

• Carolina on our mind...

• Sailing again!

• Launch!

• Engine Update

• Namani in Space - New Photos and Videos

• Florida (yes - Florida)

• Arrival in the US of A

• Pit Stop

• Plans keep changing...

• Almost there...

• Going West

• Pit Stop

• Under way again

• Visa!

03 Caribbean Cruising ↑

• Eastern Caribbean Wrap-up

• New video footage

• Breakfast with Manatee

• Anchored on the verge of a nervous breakdown

• A perfect birthday present...

• Yeek! A long day...

• Nicky's taste in music

• New Pictures / Neue Bilder

• Back where we started ...

• Sitting out the swell

• Back in Les Saintes with some new videos

• New Pictures

• Life at Anchor

• "Gunfire" in the Anchorage

• What a nice place

• Northbound

• Leap Day!

• Good-byes and a an early start

• Grenada and the Grenadines

• Turtles, Sting Rays, and the Dark Side of the Moon

• Catching up -- Bequia to Grenada

• Turning Point

• New Video Footage

• Welcome Stranger!

• New Photo Albums

• Pirates of the Caribbean

• At Anchor Again

• Back in France / Wieder in Frankreich

• Dominica by Car

• Vor Anker in Portsmouth

• New Photos / Neue Bilder in der Photo Galery

• Reggae Nicky

• Vive la France!

• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year / Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues!

02 Atlantic Crossing ↑

• Crossing the Atlantic - A Recap

• Old Habbits...

• Atlantic Crossing Video Footage

• Arrival!!

• Land in sight!!

• The Home Stretch (so we hope)!

• What Tradewinds?

• Whales alongside Namani!

• The Trades are back!

• Less than 1000 nm to go!

• Rolling on the Ocean

• In search of the elusive tradewinds...

• Under way / Unterwegs

• (Almost) Ready for Departure

• Neue Bilder / New Pictures

• In Lanzarote

• On the Hard

• Canary Videos

• In Port Again

• Angekommen auf Lanzarote

• Baseball and Fish

• Schau mir in die Augen Kleines (noch ca. 40 sm bis wir Casablanca passieren)

• And... they're off!

01 Mediterranean ↑

• Neues von der Wimpelkette

• In Gibraltar - Bye, bye Mediterranean, hello Atlantic!

• Video of Namani under Sail

• Marina Bay Update

• Mehr Wimpelkettenbilder

• Buchten statt Ballermann - Die Balearen von ihrer besten Seite

• Balearics - Menorca to Mallorca and Ibiza, with Nicky's 4th Birthday

• Von Tunesien nach Menorca

• From Malta to Tunisia and Menorca

• Cold in Africa

• In Malta

• Von Milos nach Malta - Leben auf der schiefen Ebene...

• Greece to Malta

• Hallo aus Milos

• Agean Update

• Krabbelgrupp at Sea Update

• En Route to the Aegean

• Hallo aus Patras

• Update from Nicky

• Strait of Messina and Ionian Crossing

• First Landfall

• Moored at Olbia, sitting out a gale

• Schöner Abschied, schöner Anfang

• HF Installation - Part I