Southwest Cruising Services is run by Jennifer, who grew up with the sea. Born and raised in Germany, she discovered sailing as a teenager, when she spent six months living and learning aboard the traditional sailing ship Thor Heyerdahl. The ship was her classroom under sail, and what began as an adventure became a career. She studied Nautical Science and spent many years at sea on gas carriers, yachts and traditional sailing ships, working her way up to Chief Mate. During the Covid years the dream of sailing around the world took hold. Together with friends she set off on Lucky Jonny, a 39-foot monohull, and sailed the Pacific through Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to New Zealand, with all the repairs, projects and adventures that come with life on a cruising boat. In New Zealand the boat was refitted once more, and after another summer Jennifer decided to stay. She sold the boat and began building a new life ashore. Today she lives in Northland and shares her experience with fellow cruisers. Alongside her work at Eurotech Marine at Marsden Cove Marina, where she helps visiting and local boat owners with the care she would want for her own boat, she now offers car rental, yacht deliveries and cruising support through Southwest Cruising Services. Reach her at +64 27 249 1815 or jennifer@southwest-cruising.com.