Category Archives: South Pacific

Auckland

After breakfast with Jose and John and saying goodbye to everyone we left the Reyden’s and headed into Auckland. Having heard there had been some changes we took a walk around the water front. There was a new foot bridge … Continue reading

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Bethell’s Beach

The wind did come round a little and the weather was good so we headed out to an area on the west coast called Bethell’s Beach for a hike and a picnic. We were joined by ex-crew member Paul and … Continue reading

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Leaving the boat

The morning progressed smoothly. We did our final clearing up of the boat. The generator compartment was cleared for access. The slop bucket was emptied for the last time. We showered to get as much yard grime off as possible. … Continue reading

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Last full day aboard

And it was a bit of a busy one at that. First business of the day was producing an leaflet for our soon to be available second hand batteries which we planned to place in the usual yachtie hangouts around … Continue reading

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Back on the hard

We’ve been on the boat for over three years now and in that time we’ve hauled out three times. Once in Grenada before our first year was up and twice here in New Zealand, both times in the last 8 … Continue reading

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