My husband, Gerry, and I are four days into a seven-day passage to Bundaberg, Australia. It’s a continent we’ve never visited, and our arrival will be a special milestone, happening exactly one year to the day from when we left Jacksonville, Fla., aboard our Nordhavn 43 Celt.
Between then and now, we have experienced so much of what makes the South Pacific a bucket-list destination for so many boaters. Our 3,900-nautical-mile run from Panama included only one stop, for 20 hours to top up fuel in the Galapagos. We’ve spent far more of our time in the Marquesas, the Tuamotus and the Society Islands. We wanted to see the incredible landscapes with towering, lush mountains and sparse coral lowlands. The people, the culture, the sea life, the magical sunsets—all of…
