Monthly Archives: November 2011

Rangihoua Bay

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Colin Lowe

Here we are gunkholing in the Bay of Islands, looking out at the Black Rocks and next to the  site of the European missionaries first service.  The impressive Maori Pa site is on the right.   Here in the evening … Continue reading →

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Skipper almost asphyxiated donning wetsuit.

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Colin Lowe

Weed mat stumps anchor or Wetsuit shrinks. I am deep in my post meridian slumber when an urgent voice alerts us with a call of ‘Wild Bird’.  It was not your normal blood curdling scream, and The Admiral thought it … Continue reading →

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Puppy dogs on train.

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Colin Lowe

Puppy dogs and trains Well, that might be a strange heading for today’s blog.  I heard that 175 million blogs are inexistence in the world today, and the average number of people reading each blog is… wait for it…. FOUR.    … Continue reading →

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Diesel throws a wobbly when asked to do a simple task like come alive.

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Colin Lowe

I’ve written (republished from an article I wrote a while ago) a longer bit on diesel bugs etc.. a bit more technical if you are interested.   Look at post 30/11/14 Cheers. Let’s hear that a’chuggin. Shit happens.  It happened in … Continue reading →

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