New Zealand

The New Zealand cruise was spent, during the first part, with John and his daughter Julie and her friend David who was an expert sail trimmer so we saw some good sailing!  We had a great time sailing around the Bay of Islands, walking, and diving at the Poor Knights island group.  The weather was spectacular.  After Julie, John and David left, Denny and Harry spent some time sailing on the east coast.  Iain left the boat to go fruit picking in Otago on the South Island but joined Harry and Denny later to sail from Wangerai to Auckland, spending a week exploring the beautiful and relatively unspoilt Great Barrier Island on the way there.

The New Zealand cruise was spent, during the first part, with John and his daughter Julie and her friend David who was an expert sail trimmer so we saw some good sailing!  We had a great time sailing around the Bay of Islands, walking, and diving at the Poor Knights island group.  The weather was spectacular.  After Julie, John and David left, Denny and Harry spent some time sailing on the east coast.  Iain left the boat to go fruit picking in Otago on the South Island but joined Harry and Denny later to sail from Wangerai to Auckland, spending a week exploring the beautiful and relatively unspoilt Great Barrier Island on the way there.

We then left Malua for a month and I returned to Oz. In May we set off for Tonga....