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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Bay of Islands at last
Spring has sprung. A small gap in the blog previously. I was busy writing six stories for Cruising Helmsman. Two were published in June and July, and four more are begging to be published. I’ll give the commercial stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Islands, boat washing, colin lowe, diesel tank lid, Hacket slipway, haul out Bay of Islands, inspection hatch for tank, Mooring Bay of Islands., Oke Bay, Opua, Opua Cruising Club, Slipway, Tapu Point, washing on board boat, Whitianga, Wild Bird
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New home for Wild Bird
Mooring in Opua About 30 years ago we had a mooring made up and dropped at Tapu Point in the Bay of Islands. It was for our yacht Wild Honey, a Hartley 32 foot ferro yacht that I had recently … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Islands, Mooring Bay of Islands., mooring for rent Bay of Islands, Opua, Opua mooring, Tapu Point, Wild Bird, Wild Honey
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the genisis of Wild Bird
In Whangaruru Harbour, I built a house and fitted it out over five years. At first the walls were paper, with dragons painted on for the kids. The basement was filled in after we left, but it has … Continue reading
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Tagged colin lowe, Oakura bach, Rapata Road, Whangaruru Harbour, Wild Bird
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Coromandel Coast
What can I say. A great day on the East Coast. Wild Bird is just only seen on the right below the point, in a bit to the right. Unfortunately the stitch did not quite get the horizon ok.
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