The South Pacific beckons..
We have dreamed up another adventure and have less than five months before it begins. I re-read my last blog from our Irish trip with some amusement, and had forgotten that we named our self-steering arm "Jack". Five years have passed since our Irish circumnavigation, and we now have two more children - George and Jack! Happy as we all are with work, school, pre-school, family, friends and our lovely home in Winchester, the thirst for adventure and foreign lands has overwhelmed us once more, and we have booked flights to New Zealand for 28th February 2019. The plan from there is simple. We buy a boat, spend a couple of months getting to know her, stock her up with food, water, fuel, spares, medical supplies, home-schooling books, inflatable kayaks, snorkelling kit, sun cream, UV suits, maybe a case or two of beer... and then we set sail for the South Pacific Islands. What could possibly go wrong?! We are now a crew of five. Eloise is eight; she is by far our most ex