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In my last post, I covered things that were issues during our NZ cruise in 2012. I thought it would be worthwhile to review the work we are having done prior to our departure form NZ this year. Sorry – … Continue reading →

I still have a few posts to do on NZ 2012, but by the time we reached Rangitoto and Auckland, we are a mere 8 hours or so from Whangarei and Circa where Iron Lady will spend her time until … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

A few years back, I did a post on secure networks. The technology has changed and improved and Steve Dashew asked me to do a post on what I am using now. As boaters, we are frequently using public computers … Continue reading →

Thought it would be interesting to go back to some boat system details (Now I know some of you are yawning, but I like this stuff!). So here goes with a look at the raw water system. First a few … Continue reading →

While we area still refining the system, I thought I would cover the basics of the med mooring system we used. As mentioned, this was not essential at Stuart Island but was an absolute must in Fiordland. The use of … Continue reading →

Steve Dashew put up a post with some video we shot last year in gale/storm conditions on our way from NZ to Tonga. Unfortunately the “best” stuff occurred overnight (always seems to), but there is still some interesting video to … Continue reading →