Cruise of the KatieKat

CRUISE WEBPAGE CONTENTS UPDATED 2011/2012 Post-Cruise Chapter Overview, Going Green, Torqeedo, and Parting Words 31 Dec., 2012 2007 Chapter Eight Solar/Battery/Watermaker Performance; Year-End Summary 1 Dec., 2007 2007 Seawind Rally Seawind Rally Catalina Island, August 6 Oct., 2007 2007 Chapter Seven Seawind Rally and Sail Home, August-September 6 Oct., 2007 2007 Chapter Six Baja Bash and Transom Extension, April-July 12 Sept., 2007 2007 Chapter Five Sea of Cortez Mini-Cruise, March 30 Mar., 2007 2007 Chapter Four Mazatlan Scenes and Tugboat KatieKat, March 30 Mar., 2007 2007 Chapter Three Carnaval Mazatlan, February 25 Feb., 2007 2007 Chapter Two San Blas Festival, Fireworks, and Jungle Trip 15 Feb., 2007 2007 Chapter One La Paz, Mazatlan, Banderas Bay 31 Jan., 2007 2006 Chapter Four Baja Ha-Ha San Diego to La Paz; Year-End Summary 31 Dec., 2006 2006 Chapter Three San Francisco to San Diego, Oct. 27 Oct., 2006 2006 Chapter Two Watermaker/Solar/Batteries Shakedown, Sept. 10 Oct., 2007 2006 Chapter One Boat Details, Australia, Local Events, Jan.-July 30 July, 2006 2005 Chapter Eight Port Hardy to SF Bay, Aug.-Sept.; Dec. Update. 13 July, 2006 2005 Chapter Seven Alaska-->British Columbia, Whales, July 9 Aug., 2005 2005 Chapter Six Glacier Bay; more Icebergs, July 29 July, 2005 2005 Chapter Five Prince Rupert to Juneau; Icebergs, June 16 July, 2005 2005 Chapter Four Port Hardy to Prince Rupert, June 3 July, 2005 2005 Chapter Three Roche Harbor to Port Hardy, May/June 9 Aug., 2005 2005 Chapter Two Start 2005 Cruise; Boat Updates, May 15 May, 2005 2005 Chapter One Winter in California and 2005 Cruise Prep., April 5 May, 2005 2004 Chapter Fourteen Cold cross-border trip and annual update, Dec. 31 Dec., 2004 2004 Chapter Thirteen Late-Summer BC Mini-Cruise, September 27 Sept., 2004 2004 Chapter Twelve KatieKat Arrives in Vancouver, September 18 Sept., 2004 2004 Chapter Eleven Aus. Finale, Ekka, Raw Nerve, Dockwise, Aug. 18 Aug., 2004 2004 Chapter Ten Last Aussie Cruise and Sydney BoatShow, July 31 July, 2004 2004 Chapter Nine Gold Coast and Communications, July 15 July, 2004 2004 Chapter Eight Gladstone to Mooloolaba, June 26 June, 2004 2004 Chapter Seven Brisbane to Gladstone, May-June 13 June, 2004 2004 Chapter Six KatieKat Electrical System, May 4 Aug., 2011 2004 Chapter Five Signs and Calif. - nothing boat related, Mar-Apr 27 Apr., 2004 2004 Chapter Four South Australia Tourists, March 20 Mar., 2004 2004 Chapter Three Tasmania Tourists, March 19 Mar., 2004 2004 Chapter Two Battery Explosion and Tourists, February 17 Mar., 2004 2004 Chapter One Tourists, Signs, Parade, January 27 Jan., 2004 2003 Chapter 22 2003 Year-End Musings 28 Dec., 2003 2003 Chapter 21 NewCal to Aus. Day 9, Final Whap, Nov. 9 Dec., 2003 2003 Chapter Twenty NewCal to Aus. Day 8, Pooped, Nov. 7 Dec., 2003 2003 Chapter Nineteen NewCal to Aus. Days 6&7, Retrieve Para-Anchor 4 Dec., 2003 2003 Chapter Eighteen NewCal to Aus. Days 4&5, Deploy Para-Anchor 2 Dec., 2003 2003 Chapter Seventeen NewCal to Aus. Day 3, Lightning Storm, Oct. 24 Nov., 2003 2003 Chapter Sixteen NewCal to Aus. Day 2, Smooth Sailing, Oct. 23 Nov., 2003 2003 Chapter Fifteen NewCal to Aus. Passage Day One, Oct. 21 Nov., 2003 2003 Chapter Fourteen Weather Before NewCal to Aus. Passage, Oct. 17 Nov., 2003 2003 Chapter Thirteen New Caledonia, October 24 Oct., 2003 2003 Chapter Twelve Fiji to New Caledonia Passage, October 17 Oct., 2003 2003 Chapter Eleven Fiji MiniCruise, September-October 8 Oct., 2003 2003 Chapter Ten New Zealand - Fiji Passage, Part 2, Sept. 23 Sept., 2003 2003 Chapter Nine New Zealand - Fiji Passage, Part 1, Sept. 23 Sept., 2003 2003 Chapter Eight Fiji Passage Preparations, September 6 Sept., 2003 2003 Chapter Seven California and NZ Coastal Hop, Jun-Aug 5 Sept., 2003 2003 Chapter Six Auckland Haulout, Motor Manual Start, June 13 June, 2003 2003 Chapter Five Knots, Engine Thrust, Whitianga, May 20 May, 2003 2003 Chapter Four Great Barrier Island to Tauranga, April 30 Apr., 2003 2003 Chapter Three Auckland and Great Barrier Island, April 13 Apr., 2003 2003 Chapter Two NZ North Island Tourists, March 6 April., 2003 2003 Chapter One NZ South Island Tourists, Feb.-Mar. 4 April., 2003 2002 Chapter Twelve 2002 End-Of-Year Musings 29 Dec., 2002 2002 Chapter Eleven Lord Howe to New Zealand Nov.-Dec. 23 Dec., 2002 2002 Chapter Ten Lord Howe Island, November 15 Dec., 2002 2002 Chapter Nine Queensland to Lord Howe, November 14 Dec., 2002 Passage Reports Australia to NZ Passage SailMails Nov.-Dec. 9 Dec., 2002 2002 Chapter Eight Southport Offshore Preparations November 11 Nov., 2002 2002 Chapter Seven QLD September/October 5 Dec., 2002 2002 Chapter Six Sydney - Manly, QLD August 1 Sept., 2003 2002 Chapter Five Hobart to Sydney July 25 July, 2002 2002 Chapter Four Tasmania June-July 12 Sept., 2002 2002 Chapter Three Tasmania April - May 29 May, 2002 2002 Chapter Two Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania Feb. - March 24 March, 2002 2002 Chapter One Brisbane to Port Macquarie January-February 27 Feb., 2002 2001 Chapter Eleven December Summary and Back Home 25 Dec., 2001 2001 Chapter Ten Gladstone to Brisbane November 22 Nov., 2001 2001 Chapter Nine Port Douglas to Gladstone October 31 Oct., 2001 2001 Chapter Eight Lizard Island to Port Douglas September 26 Sept., 2001 2001 Chapter Seven Cooktown Late August 30 Aug., 2001 2001 Chapter Six Townsville - Cairns August 22 Aug., 2001 2001 Chapter Five Mackay - Townsville July 29 July, 2001 2001 Chapter Four Brisbane-Mackay June 1 July, 2001 2001 Chapter Three Broadwater and Moreton Bay April-May 5 June, 2001 2001 Chapter Two Gold Coast, Queensland March-April 21 April, 2001 2001 Chapter One Brisbane and Lamington, Queensland Jan.-Feb. 26 Feb., 2001 Para-Anchoring Nov. 2000 Para-Anchoring subset of NC-Australia passage 29 Jan., 2001 Coral Sea - November 2000 New Caledonia-to-Australia passage - twice! 27 Nov., 2000 Isle of Pines October 2000 Subset of Cruising New Caledonia 23 Oct., 2000 New Caledonia Sep-Oct 2000 Cruising New Caledonia 16 Nov., 2000 Australia June-Sept. 2000 Shakedown cruise up Australia's East Coast 25 Sept., 2000 Pre-Cruise March-June 2000 Preparations and Victoria/NSW tour 25 Sept., 2000