Author Archives: Peter Rossin
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 reading
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 reading
NZ Ship Despair
Ship Despair? Not really, it is Ship Repair and a large working yard that it is close to Circa and is OK as a staging point – but hardly a resort marina. Hence our nickname. Anyway, across the way is … 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