Motueka – French Pass – Catherine Cove – 17 Feb 2019

Crew: Geoff & Graciela. Forecast: Northerly 10 to 15 kts rising to 20 kts in the afternoon. The previous night after stocking up on provisions in Motueka, Geoff had a chat with the local secretary of the yachting club about our plans to sail across Tasman Bay and transit French Pass. One small concern was...

Nelson – Motueka – Abel Tasman National Park 11-16 Feb 2019

Crew: Geoff and Graciela. Sailing Nelson to Motueka 11 Feb 2019 We flew to Nelson from Wellington and arrived at Halo in the Nelson Marina to discover the 12 volt house batteries were completely dead as a result of the stereo being left on (oops) plus the whole boat including solar panel being covered in...

Nelson – Motueka – Nelson 17-18 Jan 2019

Crew : Geoff and Tunch.  While resting in Nelson and after Peter had returned to Wellington, Tunch mentioned he was keen to take a bus trip to Motueka to visit a friend who has a Kebab shop there. Why don't we sail there Geoff suggested!  We did a route plan on OpenCPN and figured out...

D’Urville Island to Nelson – 15 Jan 2019

Crew: Geoff, Peter, Tunch.  On our last night on the mooring in Catherine Cove the southerly started blowing in bay and we rocked and rolled all night. The forecast was for the wind to change to a northerly and then die out in Nelson so we departed early at 6 am, skipping breakfast, and started...

Nelson to Picton – 1 April 2018

Crew: Geoff & Graciela.

D’Urville Island to Nelson – 30 March 2018

Crew: Geoff & Graciela. Forecast Coastal Area Abel: Northerly 15 knots easing to variable 10 knots south of Separation Point this evening.