The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
The Adventures of Scotty, Sue and Dan Aboard Narnia (and other adventures)
Today we docked in Picton, New Zealand. Picton is located on the South Island near the head of the Queen Charlotte Sound. It serves as the major transportation hub between the North and South Islands of New Zealand connecting roads and rails by a series of ferries that traverse the Cook Strait. It is also […]
We arrived at Hawke’s Bays, in the wonderful city of Napier, New Zealand in the early this morning on day 20 of our 116 day world cruise. Once again, we docked an industrial dock so had to take a mandatory shuttle bus into town (about a 10 min drive). Unfortunately, this was a very quick […]
Thursday morning found us at anchor in the amazing Bay of Islands, an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. This beautiful region boasts no less then 144 islands within the confines of the bay. Because we were anchored in the bay, passengers make their way to shore […]
After 6 days at sea (7 if you count crossing the date line) we docked in Suva, Fiji. The weather was very warm with 90+% humidity. It rained on and off our entire stay. We were last here in November 2023 and had to cut our visit short due to tropical cyclone Mal. We were […]
Today we crossed both the equator and the international date line as we sailed Southwest from Hawaii on our way to Fiji. We completely skipped January 31, 2025 and went from Jan 30 to Feb 1, 2025. The clocks were also set back 1 hour (or is that ahead 23 hours?). As is his tradition […]
We arrived in Nawiliwili Harbor in the early morning on January 27th after an unsettled overnight passage from Oahu. The weather was clear, sunny and cool, a welcome change from yesterday’s rain. After a quick breakfast aboard, we joined Gerne and David for that most amazing of tropical island adventure, an Uber to Costo for […]
After 5 days at sea, we finally arrived at our first stop of this 116-day voyage, Honolulu Hawaii. The sun was still down and it was just starting to rain when the ship docked at Pier 2. The Aloha Tower greeted us with its glow. A double rainbow made an appearance just after breakfast. We […]
The weather today is fairly unsettled with squalls and rolling waves. We are about 3/4 of the way to our first stop, Honolulu. Woke up early to attend 7AM Pilates class followed by the usual Spin class. All of this exercise is slowing down the inevitable weight gain that comes with cruising. We met up […]
Up early to watch the sunrise.
We woke up early this morning to watch the sunrise and ordered room service coffee. Weather was cool and pleasant, and the seas were calm. We love sunrises at sea. Dan attended an early morning Spin class in the gym and then joined Sue on deck for breakfast. We brought our Ukulele’s from home since […]
We boarded the Island Princess today (Jan 20, 2025) to begin our 117 day World Cruise. For this adventure we are joined by our friends David and Gerne from s/v Dreamer. We will post updates and photos as the trip progresses. Photos of our room for this voyage Sailaway Random photos
We’ve recently updated our places visited list (aka our ISO 3166 Country List) and were thrilled to see that as of our last trip, we have checked off 100 unique destinations!! (there are 253 destinations on the list).  We currently have 25 destinations planned in 2025; 10 of them are new, 15 are repeats per […]
Updated: 9-28-2024 This is the reference list of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest we use when determining if a location has “been visited” or not. It is based on the ISO 3166 standard. A location is considered to have “been visited” if we have set foot anywhere within it’s boarders. You […]
April 5, 2024 – May 3, 2024 from Florida to Southampton, UK. Track taken with Garmin inReach satellite tracker/communicator.
From Seattle, Washington to Sydney, Australia . September 22, 2023 – November 20, 2023 More countries off the list! Note that we missed 2 of the 3 stops in Fiji (Lautoka and Dravuni Island) due to Tropical Cyclone Mal.
It has always been a dream/bucket list item to visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and on October 29th, 2023 we were able to realize that dream. To begin our journey, we boarded the QuickSilver Wave Piercer fast catamaran in Port Douglas, Australia for a 90 minute trek offshore to the reef and the […]
Sue and I were cleaning out an old storage bin in the backyard today and uncovered our original West Marine inflatable life jackets. We procured these manually inflated vest to use on our 1st sailboat, a Hunter 26′ water ballasted trailer-able called Snoozie, that we purchased new in 1995 just before we were married. It […]
Taking advantage of this perfect June day to paddle around the delta home. Video made from camera stills set at 30 second intervals. Click to play.
It’s been a long travel day and there is still a long way to go. We landed in Doha, Qatar after a 14.5 hour flight from SFO. We spent 3 hours navigating the massive Hamid International Airport along with a quick visit to the business lounge for snacks and refreshment before boarding the plane for […]
It’s Easter Sunday in the US and after many months of planning, itinerary changes, and travel visa applications, we are finally off on our 52 day trek. The car service picked us up at the appointed hour and whisked us off to the airport. For the 1st leg of this journey we decided to fly […]
