Category Archives: South Pacific

Not all going to plan

Posted on March 7, 2012 by steve

A little less satisfying day. Somehow we stayed busy but progress didn’t seem so apparent and there were a few set backs….. I had a morning trip out in the rental car. I visited the auto shop and picked up … Continue reading →

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The goal is to get out of here

Posted on March 6, 2012 by steve

As much as we like Whangarei, the rest of the world is out there to discover. But to get out of here, we’ve got to get our work done. So it was back to getting busy. So, in no particular … Continue reading →

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Overall, a grand day

Posted on March 5, 2012 by steve

Shortly after our successful sea (river) trial David and Marian from Kilkea showed up for a brief visit. We decided to eat lunch at Reva’s overlooking the river. Having overfed ourselves to only option was to walk it all off … Continue reading →

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Sea (River) Trial a Success

Posted on March 4, 2012 by steve

All is good. All bar one of my perceived issues I managed to resolve before the techs arrived. The crazy A/C control went sane when Bertrand was watching. We went down the river for 45 mins and then returned trying … Continue reading →

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Balancing Act

Posted on March 4, 2012 by steve

As the bad weather came through we did manage a fair bit of down time on Saturday. However, we did spend much of the morning being fairly busy. We moved the rest of our disconnected and spare batteries from the … Continue reading →

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