After sailing nearly 9,000 nm over 18 months — from Panama, west across the vast Pacific Ocean — we’ve made landfall in New Zealand. For many cruisers, this is the finish line. But for us… this isn’t the end.

THIS will make you want to sail Fiji. Dramatic coastlines, countless islands that make for beautiful day sails hopping from one island to the next, protected bays with flat water, and incredible marine life an arms length from the anchorage.

We are setting sail on the longest voyage we have undertaken as a couple; 1900 miles from Bora Bora to Fiji across a stretch of water known as “The Dangerous Middle” where unpredictable weather conditions and poorly charted reefs are known to challenge the most seasoned sailors.

The trust between us and and our sailing catamaran Wanderlust had eroded over time. After a month long steering refit...