That is the question! We we had a great sail last night on the first race of the Oborns Nautical Twilight Series. The evening started with a light southerly which died away to nothing as we crossed the line sideways with the incoming tide. Then a lovely light Easterly filled in and we confidently set,…
The forecast was for rain and Southerlies, but the day dawned bright and sunny and thankfully the weather forecasters had it wrong and it stayed lovely all day! The kids all unfortunately deserted us, and so after a mad dash around town delivering them to their various other activities, I headed over to the club,…
Feeling very excited about being nominated for another blogging award! Thanks so much to Fabio from La possibilita di un’isola for the nomination. Fabio and his wife Kate and their cat live on their yacht Tranquility (Love the name!) Head over and check out his blog! So the Leibster award is passed from blogger to blogger –…
About 15 years ago I started crewing on a yacht called Natural Magic. My Mum had a friend and his flatmate Craig crewed on this yacht. Mum mentioned to him that I was interested in sailing, and he suggested I come and crew on the yacht he sailed on. So I turned up to the…
I am super excited to have been nominated for a Leibster Award by my cyber friends Ellen & Scott who write a blog The Cynical Sailor & His Salty Sidekick. As a relatively new blogger, I was super excited to win an award like this, especially to have been nominated by Ellen who writes a fabulous…
Back in September 2010 – nearly four years ago now, at around 4.30am on a Saturday morning, a large 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. I was fast asleep at the time, and can only describe the experience as terrifying. The sound is like a freight train rumble roaring towards your house, then everything starts to…
I am always amused when I read a fashion magazine showing stunning models dressed in heels and gorgeous outfits on yachts! Oh how I wish I was as glamorous as this! Sailing along on the bow in a stunning outfit, high heels on with the wind not ruffling up my beautifully styled hair… I am sad…
A couple of years ago I was up in Queen Charlotte Sound sailing with some friends and we came across this yacht – Kokomo. She is 58 metres of pure gorgeousness! In fact I was speechless when we came around in to the bay and saw her anchored. I had never…
The yacht club mid-winter swim is on the last day of the winter series race. It co-incides with our prize giving. For some reason a couple of years ago we dedided to make it a club annual tradition. For some reason most people don’t seem too keen to partake – myself included. When I did…
There are many upsides to boat ownership – Haulout time is a downside… It begins with finding a suitable time of the year to do it. As we sail from September through to June, and ski from June to October, it doesn’t leave many spare weekends to fit this essential task in! This year the…
Astrolabe Sailing 