Our friends aboard Whistler (Margy and Monty) sent these today. There were taken during the Musket Cove Regatta in Oct.
Just another reason to ship Agility instead of sail to the Med
Check out the sea between the north and South Island of NZ.
Big News
Jer: A blog entry is way past due. I have a difficult time writing sailblog posts when we’re not sailing, but I will work on a comprehensive, long, and probably excruciatingly boring NZ post over the next couple of weeks.…
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!
Whangaria, NZ – a long way from home
Jerri: We are happily settled in the Town Basin Marina, Whangarei, NZ. Last night was interesting with tsunami alarms going off (very loudly, but without that unsettling “wa wah, wa wah, wah wah wah” voice that accompanies alarms in the…
We are OK
No Tsunami risk up the river in Whangarei. http://www.nrc.govt.nz/civildefence/Northland-Civil-Defence-Update/ Thanks for your emails.
Opua
Jerri: We’ve done some fun things and some maintenance type things this past week in Opua. Driving around here is stunning and entertaining. I love the rolling green countryside dotted with sheep and cows, other miscellaneous livestock, and birds. We…
Ahhhh, back in the real world!
I suspect most of everyone we know back in the states has no idea what it feels like to have high speed internet after a 9 month absence. Life is good.
piece of cake
Jer: We are in Opua! I went to bed around 7:30 p.m. (stayed up late to keep Tim company – ha), Tim woke me up at 2:00 a.m.; we were all the way into the harbor and ready to figure…
almost there
Jerri: 76 miles to go! We should arrive to the marina around midnight and either anchor or tie to the customs dock. Not a particularly convenient time to dock especially with the essential crew member incapacitated. I don’t see leaping…