McIntyre Adventure has a new Home! The Kingdom of Tonga is a special place for so many reasons. An unspoilt group of islands, cared for by friendly locals happy in the knowledge that they have never been occupied or dominated by any other nation, that there is land for all to grow healthy food and […]
OF MICE AND MEN That was a caption on an article I wrote some years ago. Plans are just that. You have to have them, but you need to be smart enough to keep them flexible. As they say in the classics, everything is fluid when it comes to life! Plenty has happened in the […]
There is talk of an El Nino in the Pacific this year which should mean softer trade winds, but not so today! For the first time in four years we are stuck waiting weather to sail from Fiji to Tonga. The SE Trades are blowing hard. Our course is SE. We could smash into 20-30kts […]
The best laid plans of mice and men often change. I have been living with that philosophy all my life and it’s very true for everything associated with Bluetreasure operations. We just had one such major shift last night. Our entire team for the season was set, but now we are looking for two fun […]
Finally… The hatches are open, air flows and life returns. Yes it was a busy summer in Antarctica, Australia, China and now FIJI!..here life is good with blue sea, blue sky and our clothes are dropping. On returning to ICE as sturdy as ever, like a monument to adventure planted out of water, we also […]
Hi There, I am excited to release all the details about the Golden Globe Race 2018. The countdown to the launch of the 2018 Golden Globe Race is just about over and then it’s the countdown to the start in Falmouth. Every good adventure should have an unknown outcome and so too does this Golden […]
A fast three day passage from Nuku Alofa, rolling around in 4 to 2 mtr seas and 20-35kt following winds to the lagoonentrance in Fiji, followed by a sparkling blue sky and calm aqua-blue water finally brought us to Vuda marina. A good moon and many hours spent on the Fly-bridge watching the miles pass […]
Bit of a race on to get to Fiji now. IKI is stored and packed for next season. Some urgent parts we needed from America got lost after three weeks of a seven day delivery, so we gave up waiting. After a few scares with the Magnetometer not preforming (Box was dropped in transit and […]
It was a quick week up to Nomuka IKI and in the short time we were there, we caught up with friends, dived one of the wrecks, attended a HUGE Traditional Tongan Feast for 350 people in celebration of the opening of a new church, (with six pigs on our table for 30 people) sorted […]
After 10 weeks away, the Mag is back from its $14,000 Holiday.! When we sent it out we was disappointed that we would not have it for probably two weeks!! How wrong we were. It is now packed in a huge crate with shock indicators on the box to tell if it has been miss-handled..HMMM?. […]