Monthly Archives: July 2021

Bay Of Islands Marina, Opua, North Island Monday 12 July 2021 It rained all day today.  And even when it wasn’t actually raining, it was drizzling, with the wind blowing through at a great rate of knots – literally … lots of knots.  So much so that we were heeling over from time to timeContinue reading “The Crew Starts to Gather”

Bay Of Islands Marina, Opua, North Island Sunday 11 July 2021 It’s been a rainy, cold, blowy kind of day – all day, and it’s forecast for tomorrow as well.  But it’s a great day to be tied up in a marina berth with the heater on. Tomorrow’s boating forecast from the MetService – forContinue reading “Starting to Feel a Bit Like Groundhog Day”

Bay Of Islands Marina, Opua, North Island Saturday 10 July 2021 It was an early, not to mention sad, start to the day, with the inevitable departure … first of Matt and Cathy, then James and Eva. Matt and Cathy’s taxi arrived at 5:00am for the ride to the Kerikeri airport and from there byContinue reading “Setting Sights on Home”

Bay Of Islands Marina, Opua, North Island Friday 9 July 2021 Today’s Post WAS going to be called … “A Comedy of Errors” … or maybe, “Swimming Spectacle” … but there are more important reasons to remember today than Robert (me) … losing not one, but TWO pairs of prescription glasses overboard. The first fromContinue reading “Where Did Those Three Days Go?”

Robertson Island (Motuarohia Island), Bay of Islands Marina, North Island Thursday 8 July 2021 It really was a comfortable anchorage last night.  So comfortable in fact that by around 8:00am I was the only one awake and ready for action.  Being something of a morning routine, I turned on the generator around 7:00am, which isContinue reading “In Search of 4 Bars”

Otaio Bay, Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands Marina, North Island Wednesday 7 July 2021 After the excitement of finally arriving, despite the forces against it, our latest arrivals – James and Eva – crept off to their cabin around 11:00pm last night, closely followed by everyone else; not to James and Eva’s cabin you understand,Continue reading “Precious Moments”

Bay of Islands Marina, Opua North Island Tuesday 6 July 2021 Our anchorage-for-the-night remained calm, (despite the pesky roll that got a bit more pronounced as the night went on) with the grey, windswept morning sky pointing to the blow that was expected to come through later in the day and evening. Already we couldContinue reading “The Gang Together at Last”

Waipao Bay, Moturua Island, Bay of Islands Marina, North Island Monday 5 July 2021 In the end, the rolly-ness of last night’s anchorage did not prevent us from all getting a good sleep.  It was a lazy start to the day, with grey clouds covering the sky until the sun finally broke through and madeContinue reading “Paradise Had No Internet”

Mangahawea Bay, Moturua Island, Bay of Islands Marina, North Island Sunday 4 July 2021 John joined us for breakfast around 8:15 this morning and as if two new pumps on order wasn’t enough, the ever-reliable, and over used, freshwater pump – which delivers hot and cold water to the galley, the two wash basins, theContinue reading “Hellos and Good-Bye”

Bay of Islands Marina, Opua, North Island Saturday 3 July 2021 After all our travels together, there’s every chance that today was John’s last sail aboard Chimere.  Makes me sad just thinking about it.  John, my old university flatmate (1980 & 1981) first stepped aboard Chimere in 2013.  He’d flown over from New Zealand toContinue reading “Starting to Say Good-Bye”