Here are some random summaries and final thoughts from 6 years of living on a sailboat.
Favorite Anchorages (in no particular order)
- Bay of Virgins, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
- Secret Harbour, Grenada
- Musket Cove, Fiji
- Palmerston Atoll, Cook Islands
- Skopea Limani, Turkey
- Cook’s Bay, Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia
- White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands (really, just about anywhere in the BVI)
- Cala Calombra, Mallorca, Spain
- Farm Cove, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia
- Isla Sur, Las Aves, Venezuela
Favorite Marinas
- Gulf Harbour Marina, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand
- Netsel Marina, Marmaris, Turkey
- CrewsInn Marina, Trinidad
- Kos Marina, Kos, Greece
- Cammeray Marina, Sydney, Australia
Best Places for Bareboat Charter
- British Virgin Islands
- Phuket, Thailand
- Vava’u, Tonga
- Kos, Greece
Toughest Passages
- Red Sea
- Tonga to New Zealand
Most Useful Equipment
- Auto-pilot with GPS
- Watermaker
- Roller-furling (jib and mainsail)
