2016-New Zealand

In late October, we left Vuda Point (pronounced Vunda) on the west coast of Fiji, headed for NZ.  Four other boats had cleared the same…

We left on May 31st for Tonga.  We had a mix of conditions heading north east of New Zealand.  We sailed for a while and…

We have everything fixed now, including our oven!  We are here in Marsden Cove with many other boats waiting to leave.  Here is what Bob…

On April 12th, we were launched and motored back to the dock in Whangarei.  It was nice to be on the dock again. The marina life…

We visited New Zealand’s most historic site, took a guided tour and watched a cultural performance.  We were glad to see a bit of the…

We finally got to the public market held every Saturday morning by the town hall.  We were delighted to see the wide range of produce,…

On the hard, the trades people generally don’t do any work on weekends.  It is the only time we felt we could leave the boat….

We have been back in New Zealand about 3 1/2 weeks now.  Found the boat in good order.  Our caretaker, Peter, had done a great…