Category Archives: New Zealand

The kids all seemed to have enjoyed their long night out clubbing in London. They were reasonably quiet sneaking back into the apartment just after 5am. By pre arrangement we woke them all up at 10am so we could sort … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →