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Sail Journey

December 2023

One Family’s Boating Journey: Weather delays and water woes

A couple of weeks before the September 2023 school holidays, Kirsten planned our anticipated two-week sail. We’ve never sailed north of Kawau Island, ...
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One Family’s Boating Journey: In the bag

In last month’s article you found me returning to Auckland one day after abandoning a trip out to Sauvage for an afternoon picnic I had planned for my...
October 2023

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 time to return to the water!
August 2023

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 probably never hear the end of our latest adventure. Here’s how we got to th...
June 2023

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 felt my heart hammering. Would I be able to berth us safely in the dark...
May 2023

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 with the opportunity for a day excursion on the water.
April 2023

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY: Ready for offshore adventure

There is something magical and freeing about adventuring beyond New Zealand’s shores, and I feel the mid-year Pacific Rally could draw me closer to th...
March 2023

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 the red cliffs of Oneura Bay. Yet again, I am struck by the beauty and...
February 2023

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, the staffing needs of our business has meant juggling dates and taking o...
January 2023

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY: Happy anniversary!

Happy one-year anniversary to this column! This is our 12th edition in Boating New Zealand, writing of our family’s adventures on sailing vessel Sauva...
December 2022

One Family’s Boating Journey: First principles

This column marks the second sail of our 2022 spring-summer season, which we undertook in September. It was not without its challenges!
November 2022

One Family’s Boating Journey – First sail of spring

I am retrospectively writing this article as we depart Gulf Harbour Marina for our second sail of the season. Fair sailing conditions are expected, bu...
October 2022

One Family’s Boating Journey: Learning the ropes with Penny

Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summer season, is yet to happen. I have managed to get myself involved wit...
One Family’s Boating Journey

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 replace the original fridge and freezer.
August 2022

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – How much power?

On land it is easy to forget about power and often we (particularly our teenagers) aren’t concerned about leaving lights on in unoccupied rooms, or le...
July 2022

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Jobs Weekends

It’s the first weekend in June, and I’m sitting on SV Sauvage writing this article at Gulf Harbour Marina. We had planned a return sail from the marin...
Boat World

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Kitset water solution

I’m writing this article during the 2022 April school holidays while anchored at Great Barrier Island, our newly favourite sailing homeaway-from-home....
May 2022

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Peninsula discoveries

In last month’s article, Chris shared his trials with the head on board SV Sauvage. The story now continues with the family’s Christmas cruise to the ...
Boat Business

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance can be a blessing or a curse – or both if you’re learning to sail.
February 2022

ONE FAMILY’S BIG JOURNEY – The right yacht

Where do you start a column about your first year owning and experiencing a sailing yacht? Do you start with your failed attempts to start your yacht’...

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