Category Archives: New Zealand

Once breakfast and our usual morning chores were sorted we raised the anchor and headed around to Onetangi Bay. There was insufficient wind to sail so we motored round. INSERT_MAP We had an idea we might go ashore during the … Continue reading →

After the excitement of the two prior days, yesterday was very much slowing down for us. We did go ashore to the bay slightly to our east. Our guide book told us there was a post office and some shops … Continue reading →

Waking early Carrie demonstrated some mental balance by declining to joining her parents for a morning swim. Jose claimed it was a great way to wake up. I found simply waking up a great way to wake up so again … Continue reading →

Shortly after 9am John, Jose and Carrie arrived to join us for the weekend. They are the parents/sister of Lissa who crewed for us down from Fiji last year. Because the forecast had the wind dropping by midday we were … Continue reading →

In the morning we made a second run to Countdown to provision for the next week. We had a lot of stuff so we had to take a taxi back to the marina. Once this was all stored (freezer is … Continue reading →