Monthly Archives: November 2010

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Posted on November 30, 2010 by steve

Around 8am I took the dinghy ashore to visit Catermarine to pick up our long awaited for charger. I learned that a second package had also arrived which turned out to be two replacement rudder pins provided free of charge … Continue reading →

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Whangarei – first visit

Posted on November 29, 2010 by steve

We had a good Sunday evening as we had curry with company. This time it was Steve from Curious along with his climbing companion, Terrier (sic). They had planned a helicopter drop off in the South Island but had to … Continue reading →

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Kerikeri (Day of Pies)

Posted on November 27, 2010 by steve

Saturday brought our first day trip in the car. Using the free New Zealand road maps on my old Garmin 276C we keyed in a route to Kerikeri. We detoured early on to visit a hardware store where I hoped … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving & Car

Posted on November 26, 2010 by steve

Thursday evening we had our Thanksgiving meal in good company with many of our friends.  Turkey is pretty expensive here in New Zealand so it was good to have a great meal at a pretty good price.  Although it couldn’t … Continue reading →

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All work and no play (well not much)

Posted on November 24, 2010 by steve

The main project for Wednesday was to fix the steering gear.  This required three walks to the other end of the boat yard to check on the parts, collect them, and then to go back to have a little taken … Continue reading →

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