Sailing New Zealand - Part 1

Sailing around New Zealand for the summer in our newly refurbished beautiful 50 foot aluminium sailboat!
(Following a 6 month refit in Whangarei, Northland.) Meer informatie

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Het begin van de reis
10 december 2024
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Splash Day in Whangarei
10 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Finally got our beautiful Fin Explorer in the water!!
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Onerahi
11 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
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Whangārei
11 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
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Urquharts Bay
11 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
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Marsden Cove Marina
11 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Lots of systems trouble shooting before we got going. Just motored today.
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Kawau Island
13 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
First day of the sails up!!! Just a short sail around Marsden Cove, then back into the marina for the fridge/freezer guy to come fix those again…
Then a night sail (some motoring when we lost wind) to Kawau Island!Meer informatie
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Hibiscus Coast
14 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Shorter day with a stop for lunch. Sunshine and sailing!
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Rangitoto Island
14 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Orca at the Anchorage in the morning!!! And got the spinnaker up in the afternoon!!!
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Hobsonville
15 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Our final day sailing (and motoring) with the instructor, up into Auckland! Stopped at a couple of marinas on the way for docking practise and ended up anchoring up the river to breathe for a few days!Meer informatie
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Oneroa Bay, Waiheke Island
17 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Our first sail just the two of us!! Started out strong winds, 18-20knots and gusting to 25, then settled out around 10-15 and was a beautiful sail all the way to Waiheke Island to anchor for a couple of days!Meer informatie
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Rocky Bay, Waiheke Island
20 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Moved to the South side of the island to get protection from the switching winds.
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Man O War Bay, Waiheke Island
22 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Moved to the East side of the island for the night as planning on heading North to Great Barrier the next day.
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Smokehouse Bay, Great Barrier Island
23 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
Amazing sail to Great Barrier Island with gannets everywhere, dolphins bow riding and cruising along at 8 knots (max speed 9.3!!).
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Harataonga Bay, Great Barrier Island
29 december 2024, Nieuw-Zeeland
We moved over to the East side of the Island as the weather shifted to a South West wind. A sporty sail and an even sportier anchorage as we waited out the weather before continuing South!
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Stony Bay, Coromandel
2 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Sailed down from Great Barrier Island back to the mainland. Time to head South!
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Kennedy Bay
3 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Sporty sail with some strong gusts (35+ knots). Found a good semi-protected anchorage where we will sit for the next couple of days to wait out the weather.
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Whangapoua
5 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Quick stop to run to the store and for a walk on the beach.
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Opito Bay
5 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
The wind was very finicky! Squirrelly and squally and all over the show; coming from every direction except North and from 0-25 knots and everything in between.

Wasn’t our original anchorage plan but due to shifting winds made an on the fly call and ended up definitely being the right one!

Ended the day going through a proper rain squall at the end with gusts up to 25 knots.
The evening was super calm once settled!

Super nice bay we stayed for an extra day!Meer informatie
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Rocky Bay, Mercury Island
7 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Little to no wind today! We tried sailing initially but eventually had to turn the engine on if we wanted to get anywhere!

The first spot we were going to stop was absolutely packed so we just kept going to our anchorage spot for the afternoon/night.Meer informatie
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Opito Bay
8 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Back to Opito Bay just for one night on our way South. Nice sail, although short.
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Maramaratotara Bay
9 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Awesome sail today. Perfect wind 12-17 knots, all three sails out. Just a short sail as we had to stop at a specific town for provisioning.
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Hahei Beach
10 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
A short (motor) hop over to Hahei beach with very little wind.
We would anchor up here for the day to go for a walk to Cathedral Cove and explore the coastline.

Another beautiful day!
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Whale Cave
10 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Took the dinghy to check out these sea caves. Really awesome!
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Hot Water Beach
10 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
With very little wind this spot which is usually pretty exposed was nice and calm (although a little swelly).

We anchored for the night so we could go ashore and dig our hole in the beach in the morning. There is hot water below the sand at low tide and it really is HOT!Meer informatie
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Orua Sea Cave
11 januari 2025, Nieuw-Zeeland
Took the dinghy to check out this massive sea cave! So cool!!
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