Bali, Indonesia to Victoria, Seychelles  Total: ~ 4800 nm If you draw a straight line from Bali to the Seychelles and measure the distance – this will show you around 3800 Nautical miles. That’s the theory but unfortunately not feasible, at least not in the month of March. The s

Bali, Indonesia to Victoria, Seychelles  Total: ~ 4800 nm Indonesia is a big country with 4th biggest population worldwide and lots of island and covering a huge area. Already during the first part of our Indian Ocean trip, we noticed that the superior distances. Papua to Bali took us

A beautiful Island rich in culture and history  Lat/Long: 08°48  South / 015°14 East Originally we were only supposed to do a short stop-over in Bali to re-provision and rest and than continue our trip across the Indian Ocean. Luckily for us, just before we arrived, Indonesia put a sp

Here is the second part of our trip from Tahiti to the Indian Ocean, with a stopover in Bali. I just asked Sebastien, captain of Moonwave for one word to describe the trip from the Pacific side of Papua to Bali, his answer was “long” ;-) In general it was a long trip from

Here my last post (for the moment) from Asia as we have changed location recently. We are now in the USA (East Coast). As already mentioned in my last post it is really important to have a good agent in Hong Kong as space in marinas is very tight. Especially with the size of the yacht

First things first, it is very helpful to have a good Agent who assists with the clearance, booking of mooring, give great tips for boat related, everydays life as well as he/she can give tips for sightseeing for gets, transportation etc. Especially if you are in Hong Kong for a short

All year long there are lots of different races and regattas going on and Gunboats are participating very successful all over the globe. At this time of the year the races in the Caribbean are very popular. As racing is that much fun and these full carbon fiber catamarans are fast cru

I noticed that I have never given an overview of our cruising and sailing in Thailand in the first half of 2013. Just to let you know that we won’t be back there for next season but we enjoyed the Thai hospitality and beautiful sailing grounds. We will sail further east in 2014

As “experienced” Gunboat 60 sailors, Sophie and Sebastien were part of the delivery crew of Gunboat 60/02 FLOW from Xiamen to Hong Kong earlier this month. During the whole trip we didn’t see or cross any other sailboats but thousands of fishing boats and cargo ships

A couple of good reasons for a TROPICAL CRUISE on board Moonwave – Fresh Fruits, Fresh Fish & Fresh Food, …  A cruise or charter in the tropics offers not only great opportunities to experience beautiful sailing, anchorages and  beaches, discovering local cultures and