Author Archives: Peter Rossin
FPB64 – 06
Correction to my original post – the pics are of hull 6 which is actually Greywolf- Mike and Liza’s boat. Steve Dashew has posted some nice pics on hull 6. There have been some nice improvements to the next series … 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 reading
Great Mercury – Part 2
I have never really done much long line fishing before, but Joe, John and I went out for a bit of the recreational version before dinner. I will try to explain the drill. First, there is a frame. The frame … Continue reading
Great Mercury
From the White Island volcano, it was off across the Bay of Plenty to Great Mercury Island off the Coromandel Peninsula. The island is part of a group of islands only one of which, Great Mercury, is inhabited. Great Mercury … Continue reading
White Volcano
Last time I threw in some pictures of our White Volcano adventure. More pictures this time. In the early 1900’s, there was a sulphur processing operation on White Island. Some 14 people lived and worked there to extract sulphur which … Continue reading
Fuel Transfer System
Thought I would throw in another post on Iron Lady’s systems for all you boat geeky types. Iron Lady has four main fuel tanks – one large tank forward and one large tank aft. There are also two smaller wing … Continue reading
Picton to White Island
We covered some of this ground in an earlier post about New Zealand weather (Weather or Not to Go), but I’ll throw some more pictures in here. The journey from Picton to White Island took us back out of Queen … Continue reading
Picton Again
OK – I said I wasn’t going to do it – I lied – more winery stuff in Marlborough. If I look bad it is because I was (overly) happy. Easy to do in wine country. Anyway – more wine … Continue reading