The Ship's Engineer
Life lessons from boat maintenance
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A guide for cruising sailors in the South Pacific as of July 2026
Naivinitei Anchorage, Yanuca Island
Visiting Fiji's remote Ringgold Islands
Cruising Northern Fiji
From ocean passage mode to cruising mode, we are off to explore Fiji's Northern Islands.
Bula Bula!
Roam is back in Fiji for another season after a fast, 1,200nm reach across the South Pacific.
New Zealand to Fiji: Day 1
We're off and running (literally) Day one of our 1,200-mile passage from Opua, New Zealand, to Savusavu, Fiji, is complete. A solid 190-mile day. Most of it running with the "Chicken Rig”: full main with the solent winged to weather with a spinnaker guy.
A Window Opens
Long awaited weather for the passage from New Zealand to Fiji
Waiting in the Bay of Islands
Enjoying New Zealand's Bay of Islands while waiting on weather for the passage to Fiji
Passage Planning: New Zealand to Fiji
Finding a safe, comfortable route across 1,100nm of open ocean from New Zealand to Fiji.
Camping on the North Island
Taking a break from marina life and boatwork to vagabond around New Zealand's North Island in a rented camper van.
Offshore Communications
Staying connected out on the ocean
Tropical Cyclone Vaianu
Bracing for Nasty Weather in New Zealand
Cruise Notes
Roam's Refit
Featured in Island Cruising's Cruise News Magazine, April 2026 Edition
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Anchor Watch
Sleeping well at anchor
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Kaiarara Bay, Great Barrier (Aotea) Island, NZ
Thursday, 26March2026, 0440 UTC, 36 10.9s 175 21.8e, Log: 10605
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Kiwiriki Bay, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier (Aotea) Island, NZ
Monday, 23 March 2026, 2240 UTC | 36 11.9s 175 21.0e | Log 10,602
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Puriri Bay, Tryphena Harbour, Great Barrier (Aotea) Island, NZ
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 0200 UTC, 39 18.5s, 175 29.2e, Log: 10584
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Huruhi Harbour, Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu)
Fri 20Mar2026 0230 UTC, 36 36.1s 175 46.6s, Log: 10570
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Penguin Island
18Mar2026, 2055 UTC, 37 03.851s 175 55.858e
SV Roam
Roam's Glow Up
A well deserved refit in New Zealand
Cruise Notes
Roam: Changes in Latitude
Fiji to New Zealand passage featured in Latitude 38 Magazine, February 2026
Cruise Notes
Noonsite 2025
SV Roam named a Top Contributor in 2025
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Land Ho: New Zealand
Fiji to New Zealand: Passage as Planned, Weather as Forecast (sort of)
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Tauranga
Sun Nov 09 2025 2055 UTC, 37 34.517s 176 10.496e, Log: 10,490