One Family’s Boating Journey
One Family’s Boating Journey; That sinking feeling
What a shocking end to our summer! We never saw this plot twister coming!
One Family’s Boating Journey: Life lessons
As our two boys, Rafe and Chris, have discovered when you’re living onboard, lif...
One Family’s Boating Journey; Racing to Whangamata
As we kissed our keel ever so slightly on the sandbar the pit of my stomach sank...
One Family’s Boating Journey: A bridge too far
The Woodham family’s quest to master safe anchoring continues – starting this ti...
One Family’s Boating Journey: Weather delays and water woes
A couple of weeks before the September 2023 school holidays, Kirsten planned our...
One Family’s Boating Journey: In the bag
In last month’s article you found me returning to Auckland one day after abandon...
One Family’s Boating Journey; The first sail of spring: FAIL!
Finally, after a long winter with very little sailing, spring is here and it’s t...
One Family’s Boating Journey; A picnic too far
As the wave broke over my mother, I knew we had to turn back and that I’d probab...
One Family’s Boating Journey – Leaking windows and weather windows
As I drove Sauvage into the marina, the pitch-black of night engulfed us and I f...
One Family’s Boating Journey: Tiritiri Matangi and a new tender – maybe
We were so excited – after cyclones and high winds we finally found ourselves wi...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY: Ready for offshore adventure
There is something magical and freeing about adventuring beyond New Zealand’s sh...
One Family’s Boating Journey: Simplifying our lives
Fifty metres across the water from where I sit in the sun on Sauvage’s deck lie ...
One Boating’s Family Journey: Christmas Day on a deserted island
As desperate as we were to sail extensively over the 2022-23 summer holidays, th...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY: Happy anniversary!
Happy one-year anniversary to this column! This is our 12th edition in Boating N...
One Family’s Boating Journey: First principles
This column marks the second sail of our 2022 spring-summer season, which we und...
One Family’s Boating Journey – First sail of spring
I am retrospectively writing this article as we depart Gulf Harbour Marina for o...
One Family’s Boating Journey: Learning the ropes with Penny
Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summ...
One Family’s Boating Journey: New fridge, new anchor
After our first overnight trip away on S.V. Sauvage in 2020, we knew we had to r...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – How much power?
On land it is easy to forget about power and often we (particularly our teenager...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Jobs Weekends
It’s the first weekend in June, and I’m sitting on SV Sauvage writing this artic...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Kitset water solution
I’m writing this article during the 2022 April school holidays while anchored at...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Peninsula discoveries
In last month’s article, Chris shared his trials with the head on board SV Sauva...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Faulty heads and Wi-Fi solutions
Sailing the great expanse of water that surrounds New Zealand offers a sense of ...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Ignorance is bliss
Ignorance can be a blessing or a curse – or both if you’re learning to sail.
ONE FAMILY’S BIG JOURNEY – The right yacht
Where do you start a column about your first year owning and experiencing a sail...