We are currently cruising in the Marlborough Sounds. A beautiful part of the South Island of New Zealand. It’s secluded tree lined bays provide perfect quiet anchorages to spend the night. However despite how quiet and sheltered the bay, there are still plenty of things that will keep you awake on a boat at night. …
Well another delivery trip up the coast has been successfully completed. Wildwood usually lives in Lyttelton, where we sail her all year round. However we like to have our holidays on board in the Marlborough Sounds. This is about 183 nautical miles away. A 30 ish hour passage up the East Coast of the South…
I’m not afraid of the dark… I’m not!!! Ok maybe just a bit… It’s my turn on watch. I’ve just emerged from being snuggled up with a #1 headsail in the V berth after a luxurious four hour ‘sleep’. Well I use the word sleep loosely. I think I was just laying there with my…
I was very excited to have another article published by Boating New Zealand Magazine in their November 2015 edition. Boating NZ is New Zealand’s most popular Boating magazine, published monthly and with a readership of over 130,000 people, this magazine can be found in every bookshop, supermarket, and service station all over New Zealand.
I turned 40 last week. I am not sure how that happened – turning 40 that is. I am WAY too young to be that old!
One of the coolest things about having an article published in Boating NZ Magazine was that I was contacted by Wildwood’s original owner! Ron had spotted Wildwood in the photos in the article, contacted the magazine editor who passed his details on to me. Of course I got straight on the phone and had a great…
We have just had a wonderful weekend in Sydney at the Boat Show. It is the largest boat show in the Southern Hemisphere, and I must say I was impressed!
You might have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging front. I’ve started a new job back in politics, still finishing off the yacht club handover and as its now the middle of winter, we are in skiing mode. Time has been in short supply! And Im happy to report we did manage…
Summer in Christchurch is windy. Winter isn’t. In Summer, you get nice calm mornings, but as soon as the sun starts to warm up the land, the hot air rises and in comes the Easterly sea breeze. It usually switches on about 1pm, just in time for the yacht racing start. In winter that doesn’t…
It was a stunning still winter’s morning. Once the frost melted, the day warmed up nicely. Not a breath of wind, and clear bright blue skies for as far as the eye could see. We are mid way through the winter series, which for the last three Sunday’s has involved floating around the harbour at…
Astrolabe Sailing 