Author Archives: KC2RIY

We remain stuck here. Tuesday was the worst forecast day with winds potentially up over 50 knots. We were well protected behind the hill here but were slammed every now and then by 40+ knot wind blasts. The bay has … Continue reading →

We made our minds to head off to Whangaparapara. This was mainly up wind and hence required us to motor all the way. For the first section we were reasonably sheltered and had flat seas. Once we reached the open … Continue reading →

We finally made it out here to Great Barrier Island which, quite coincidentally, is called Aotea in Maori – something we did not know at the start of day. The start of day was actually characterized by a calm anchorage. … Continue reading →

We spent about 2 hours working on our backfilling marine toilet using a combination of pumping, scraping and finding spares. The result was excellent, getting there was not. That’s enough said. Just after high tide we moved the boat to … Continue reading →