Hi everyone, INTENTION and crew are currently sailing to Tonga. If you would like to follow our position reports on passage and adventures, please go to our website at www.sailvalis.com/intention and click on Journal or position report. Love to everyone, Jim and crew on Sailing Vessel INTENTION

More crew came to visit. My friend Jeff Dryer from Southern CA has just left after sailing for 2 weeks out of Whangarei Harbor. Our best and longest sail was out to and around the Great Barrier Island. Averaging over 6 knots with the wind off the starboard beam to quarter blowing 15 to 25 […]

Jim – A week ago Sunday our local Kiwi friends, Roger and Jenny, took us to the Kauri Museum in Matakohe. We discovered the mighty Kauri Tree, its timer, gum, and fascinating exhibits and old photos. The trees were as old and big a diameter as our Redwood trees but the wood is a much […]

After about week of being at Marsden Cove Marina, Whangarei, New Zealand, Swirl, my first crew to arrive , and I are having a snack of cheese, crackers, salami, and olives before our dinner of Pesto on fresh Pasta and zucchini. The weather has been inthe 70′s until this low pressure began passing by the […]

After a few days rest in Opua my crew, Kenley, returned to the US with the experience of having made a passage to NZ. INTENTION and I sailed for Paihia and are now anchored at Russell (Photo). I have arranged for a birth at West Port Marina, Aukland and am heading 150 NM south to […]

It was a very pleasant sail through most of the bay of Islands to tigh-up at the Customs dock (photo included) in the small town of Opua. I had faxed, emailed and radioed ahead to NZ Customs when I would be arriving but forgot about the time change so they had already gone home on […]

If you haven’t already picked up on checking the position reports, please do. It allow you know where I’ve been and feel more connected. We’ve been able to sail a lot today and probably all night tonight so the fuel situation should be OK even with the long entrance into the Bay of Islands, Opua. […]

In the morning we sailed passed and North by 10 miles of Norfolk Island. We were able to make out lots of the Norfolk Pine trees that originated there and are found through out this Pacific region. A pod of 5 Dolphins were following us for miles. I was sitting in the seat I built […]

Yesterday was a day the Gods of the winds having fun with or tested me. I must remember to have humility, patience, and be thankful for all I do have. We had 25-30 knots SE winds from the direction of our destination. INTENTION was sailing SW which would have been wonderful if we intended to […]

Our position 24 degrees 26.6 minuets South & 166 degrees 40.2 minuets East 24 hours after leaving the outer reef Pass sailing as close to the wind as the confused seas would allow or close hauled. By the following day at 6 PM Local time it gave us a very respectable day’s run of 127 […]