We are knee deep in preparations for our trans Pacific journey beginning in May. I depart for New Zealand April 30 and Steve Parsons will be joining me in Whangarei. Deb will remain in Pittsburgh and join us in French … Continue reading →
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Communication Systems Update
Another area where we are making significant changes is in our communication gear. With the exception of dual VHF’s at the helm and a command mike on the flybridge, all of our comm gear is in the office. For a … Continue reading →
Epirbs – a Cautionary Tale
As you may know, for a variety of arcane reasons (too much to go in this post), Iron Lady is registered in the British Virgin Islands. At any rate, a whole cottage industry has grown up around foreign registrations in … Continue reading →
Iron Lady – Dinghy Mods
I talked a bit about minor mods in my last post so I thought I would cover one here. Our Circa built dink has been wonderful from so many perspectives. We have had as many as 8 aboard – although … Continue reading →
Upgrades to Iron Lady – 2012
In my last post, I covered things that were issues during our NZ cruise in 2012. I thought it would be worthwhile to review the work we are having done prior to our departure form NZ this year. Sorry – … Continue reading →
Merry Christmas 2012
Seems we have all escaped the Mayan Death Day of Doom. Not too surprising – yet the Winter Solstice marks another special time. With that, I will start with a sunset looking from the back of our house on December … Continue reading →
2012 Year in Review
I still have a few posts to do on NZ 2012, but by the time we reached Rangitoto and Auckland, we are a mere 8 hours or so from Whangarei and Circa where Iron Lady will spend her time until … Continue reading →
Rangitoto
Rangitoto is an island volcano (presently inactive) near Auckland Harbor. Turns out that Auckland is a geologic hotspot with something like 48 volcanos (all currently inactive) within 30 miles of New Zealand’s major population center – home…
FPB64 – 06
Steve Dashew has posted some nice pics on hull 6 – Buffalo Nickel. Val and Stan – the proud owners are just itching to get aboard. There have been some nice improvements to the next series of hulls. Many are … Continue reading →
Waiheke
From Great Mercury, it was off to the north thru Colville Channel into the Hauraki Gulf – and prime time Kiwi cruising territory. Home to Auckalnd where half of new Zealand’s 4,000,000 people live, it is an area bounded by … Continue …
