Category Archives: New Zealand

Auckland Errands

Paul, having spent the night with us, was very helpful in giving me a ride to the Icom service center here in Auckland. It turned out to be a lot further away than I expected so I was very glad … Continue reading

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Auckland Celebration

We decided not to wait for the wind to pick up only to discover that the wind picked up just as we left. Perfect. We had a fantastic sail down to Auckland. There is something special about bringing your boat … Continue reading

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Real time

For those of you who are catching the blog near real time we are now showing live on marinetraffic.com. There was definitely a shadow behind Rangitoto as even the Waiheke ferry disappeared behind it. I’ll leave the transponder on for … Continue reading

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Tasty Day

Tuesday was spent seeing the island and wine tasting with the very excellent Ananda Tours. We were picked up at the beach by the minibus right where we left out dinghy. Being high tide we hadn’t had far to haul … Continue reading

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Comfy Chair

For most of the day we continued to let Helen rest her foot. The swelling apparent in the morning did go down which was encouraging. Late afternoon we went ashore and dragged the dinghy all the way up the beach … Continue reading

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