Plan was for another day of touring. Shortly after I got up though, these fellows were wandering around. All shore birds and the one with bright orange beak is an Oyster Catcher. Once we were in motion, it was off … Continue reading →
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Whangamata
After a good nights sleep, Deb and I went to town to rent a car to do some local touring. Seems the only guy who did this retired recently so no joy. Turns out that Deb was visiting with some … Continue reading →
Great Barrier to Whangamata
Well, Great Barrier was butt ugly after we hit Bowling Alley Bay. Winds and Williwaws in the bay ran up to 35 knots. Rain – well imagine torrential. Didn’t drop until 1900. So much for heading off to Great Mercury … Continue reading &…
What’s That Whale?
Finally tossed the lines and NZ Ship Despair is behind us. On this trip with us is Joe Richardson – lots of real world ocean time and a Kiwi who knows all of New Zealand. Our destination the first day … Continue reading →
More Whangerai
This morning we got in contact with Margaret who we know from Circa and she was kind enough to ask us out to visit her on her life style plot (Kiwi for a 10 acre farm). In addition to visiting … Continue reading →
Whangarei
Todd Rickard (FPB Program) is in town and Todd and I spent the morning going thru a boat systems discussion and refresher course. Later in the day, 2 prospective buyers stopped by. Deb (having little interest in reviewing boat systems) … Continue…
Tangled Web
Steve Dashew is having lots of fun tormenting his blog buddies with details about “Wicked”. While he is having fun weaving his web, we had the actual deal this morning above the dink. Shining in the morning sun, it was … Continue read…
NZ Ship Despair
Ship Despair? Not really, it is Ship Repair but it is close to Circa and is OK as a staging point – hardly a resort marina. Hence our nickname. Not a great place but some wonderful neighbors. Anyway, across the … Continue reading →
Engine Room Tour
We are back in NZ and the first few days are filled with bringing Iron Lady back to life. Since part of this involved the engine room, I thought it might be of interest to do a brief tour for … Continue reading →
FPB 64 Structural Framing
Steve Dashew just put up a post on his site that has some very nice CAD views of the FPB’s structural framing that I thought might be of interest to all of you boat Geeks. You can view Steve’s post … Continue reading →
