Christmas time is summertime here in New Zealand, and with the kids being on summer school holidays and the statutory holidays over Christmas & New Year, this time of the year means you can take a few weeks break without using up all your annual leave. As such, pretty much the whole country goes on…
We have just had a fabulous weekend away in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds with some great friends on our annual dive trip. For the last five years we have chartered a launch called Rhapsody Star. She is a big tub – the design is called a Cuddles 35. She sleeps eight people and putts along…
New Zealand is such a wonderful place for cruising, so when I was approached by Look Insurance Services to choose my favourite cruising destinations in the world – I had trouble narrowing it down to just one! Many international cruisers visit New Zealand. It is a great place to hide out from the South Pacific tropical cyclone…
Astrolabe Sailing 