Moody, rugged, and awe inspiring from the water, the landscape altered at every turn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpyRIUTI39Y     Dolphins played. Whilst we moved, taking that perfect shot as they burst forth from the water was practically impossible. On arriving at our destination of  Urquharts Bay, the picturesque landscape so suited to the saga of the hobbit […]

A second visit to Mansion House in Kawau Bay was undertaken this morning. Anne was dying to experience dining on coffee and cake whilst sitting in a cafe once more. What a disappointment she received upon discovering the café closed on arrival. Peering long and hard through the window, we eventually sighted a sign notifying […]

The most peaceful of nights behind us, a relaxed morning was spent in the cockpit enjoying ‘just being’. Lunch dined upon whilst a hungry duck or two hoped for a morsel, the dinghy was lowered and the four of us having boarded, off we motored around this idyllic waterway. First, though, was the maust take […]

After spending a month and a half working on and preparing Saliander in Half moon Bay, the long-awaited day had at last arrived when an 1120 departure found our new beauty exiting the Half Moon Bay Marina. Sunny skies brought with them a light variable breeze and calm flat seas as we navigated the channel […]