Category Archives: New Zealand

Back in the Viaduct

Posted on April 23, 2012 by steve

After my usual morning chores (the washing up inevitably left from the previous evening) I called the Viaduct Marina to check if our allocated spot was free. After some toing and froing on the radio which managed to ascertain that … Continue reading →

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Climbing Rangitoto

Posted on April 22, 2012 by steve

Helen declared herself fit enough for the climb up Rangitoto so after a bit of morning, international, stress we left the boat and tied up the dinghy to the wharf. The path to the summit was not too strenuous. Lower … Continue reading →

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Rangitoto

Posted on April 21, 2012 by steve

At 1:30pm we moved the boat catching the incoming tide. We did, optimistically, raise the sails and may have had some assist for a while but about half way to our destination we dropped them as the wind died completely. … Continue reading →

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Mail Run

Posted on April 20, 2012 by steve

To allow Helen to rest her back (which incidentally is getting better) we made no plans for yesterday. I did get some mail (via St Brendan’s Isle) that required me to send some mail to the UK so I went … Continue reading →

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More Admin

Posted on April 19, 2012 by KC2RIY

I woke and felt the urge to finish off my UK taxes and put all that behind us. While connected to the internet I ran out of of bandwidth. For the last few days I’ve been trying to figure out … Continue reading →

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