After a few days rest in Opua my crew, Kenley, returned to the US with the experience of having made a passage to NZ. INTENTION and I sailed for Paihia and are now anchored at Russell (Photo). I have arranged for a birth at West Port Marina, Aukland and am heading 150 NM south to […]

It was a very pleasant sail through most of the bay of Islands to tigh-up at the Customs dock (photo included) in the small town of Opua. I had faxed, emailed and radioed ahead to NZ Customs when I would be arriving but forgot about the time change so they had already gone home on […]