Category Archives: New Zealand

Food and Water

Posted on November 3, 2011 by steve

Yesterday was pretty much filled with fixing the water maker and eating well. I started the morning with cornflakes – the Kelloggs kind. You can get them in Fiji but they’re really expensive so we skipped them. Now we’re back … Continue reading →

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Day trip to Whangarei

Posted on November 2, 2011 by steve

Short of provisions we hired a car from the marina for the day. At NZ$20 plus fuel it’s not a bad deal. Our first stop was Bunnings on the outside of town where we picked up some anti damp stuff … Continue reading →

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Shore Life

Posted on November 1, 2011 by steve

Spend a week being deliberately woken in the middle of the night and you’ll soon appreciate a good, uninterrupted night’s sleep. Everyone aboard was in agreement with this. Sometimes you just don’t know how good something is until you lose … Continue reading →

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Final Fiji/Passage Tracks

Posted on October 31, 2011 by steve

Here are the tracks up until and including our passage down to New Zealand. View 2011 Fiji3 in a larger map View 2011 Fiji4 in a larger map

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Fiji->NZ: Day 7

Posted on October 31, 2011 by steve

The wind did drop and we ended up motoring the last three hours into Marsden Cove Marina making a total of about 6 hours motoring for the whole trip. Not bad all things considered. After a splash of rain the … Continue reading →

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