Our planned stop on the outskirts of Auckland was supposed to be for two days. It ended up being two weeks. Initially, we stopped to have a small repair done to our mast track. While that was being done, the riggers noticed that two shrouds on the port side had broken wires. Therefore, we neededContinue reading “Helpful”
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Haul Out
We’re hauling out this week. We last hauled out in Mexico only 11 months ago. We hadn’t planned to haul out in New Zealand. Unfortunately, it’s necessary. The main reason for hauling out is that our bottom paint isn’t holding up. Stuff grows like mad here. I don’t know if the bottom paint we usedContinue reading “Haul Out”
Dodger Repair
We took some solid waves on our trip south from to New Zealand. A few sent water up and over our cockpit dodger. Some hit pretty hard. As a result, several of the screws that hold it to the cockpit combing pulled out. It took a few tries, but I think we have it fixedContinue reading “Dodger Repair”
Marinas
We are currently in a marina on the east side of Auckland. It’s up scale. We are surrounded by large powerboats. We feel small in comparison. Generally speaking, we don’t spend much time in marinas. We spent several days at the Bay of Islands Marina when we first arrived in New Zealand. Before that, we’dContinue reading “Marinas”
Stuff That Works: AIS
We have a Vesper WatchMate XB-8000 AIS transponder on Cambria and have been very happy with it. It has been a set it and forget it device for us. We set it up a couple of years ago and haven’t given it much thought since. It just works. It creates a Wi-Fi network that ourContinue reading “Stuff That Works: AIS”
The Hauraki Gulf
From Urquharts Bay we made our way south into the Hauraki Gulf. We stopped for one night at Kawau Island before moving on to Coromandel Harbour. We’ll try to stop at Kawau Island again later in the season. There is a lot there to explore. We went to Coromandel Harbour in order to meet upContinue reading “The Hauraki Gulf”
Stuff That Works: Chartplotters or Plotter Software
Stuff That Works is a series of posts we are making about things that have worked for us on our trip from Victoria, Canada to New Zealand. Please remember, we are not gear testers. This is a sample size of one. We do not have extensive experience with a large number of products and software.Continue reading “Stuff That Works: Chartplotters or Plotter Software”
Cruising New Zealand: South to Whangarei
I’ve been remiss at posting about what we’ve been up to so here are a few photos from the last month. Bay of Islands Before heading south, we spent some more time in the Bay of Islands. We spent a few days anchored off the historic town of Russell. It’s a bit touristy but weContinue reading “Cruising New Zealand: South to Whangarei”
Stuff That Works: Charts
Stuff That Works is our look at tools, software and hardware that has worked well for us on our trip. Like in previous posts, we don’t claim to be experts. Nor have we tried a wide variety of tools, software or hardware. This is our sample size of one, one boat that has sailed fromContinue reading “Stuff That Works: Charts”
Stuff That Works: Cruising Guides Part 2
Welcome to another installment of Stuff That Works. We like Stuff That Works. As inspiration strikes, we will write about the stuff that has worked well for us on our trip. We will use the tags #stuffthatworks and #stuffwelike so search for those tags if you want to read more on the topic. Today’s postContinue reading “Stuff That Works: Cruising Guides Part 2”
Cormacks On Cambria 