Category Archives: New Zealand 2012

Its been awhile and while we are preparing to close on the sale of Iron Lady, our FPB64 and awaiting completion of our new FPB78 in New Zealand, I have been (somewhat wistfully) looking back over our many adventures aboard … Continue reading →

Rangitoto is an island volcano (presently inactive) near Auckland Harbor. Turns out that Auckland is a geologic hotspot with something like 48 volcanos (all currently inactive) within 30 miles of New Zealand’s major population center – home to fully 50% … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →