Category Archives: South Pacific

Out Here

Posted on March 27, 2012 by KC2RIY

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 →

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Dangling

Posted on March 26, 2012 by steve

We made the decision to stay one more day here by Kawau Islands. The Kilkeas, with ambitions to be off to Australia on Monday made the decision to head up the coast to Marsden so we bade our final goodbyes … Continue reading →

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Chargers

Posted on March 25, 2012 by steve

We had a very quiet day Saturday sitting in this anchorage. A few boat chores were done but nothing exciting. I’ll therefore take this opportunity to share how many ways we have of charging our house bank. We now have … Continue reading →

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Au Revoir Revoir

Posted on March 24, 2012 by steve

After a final, not so encouraging look at the weather, we decided to leave Gulf Harbour and see what we’d find. We popped round to Kilkea to say our Au Revoir’s as we could well be parting ways and the … Continue reading →

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Prognosis

Posted on March 23, 2012 by steve

Winds are forecast to be quite light and more northerly than I’d hoped. We’ll just have to get out there and see what we get. Who knows where we’ll end up.

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