Duet II South Island, Port Nelson
Nelson 41 15 .5S, 173 16.9E Is this the best-kept secret in New Zealand? The climate is wonderful, the sailing easy and the best vineyards in the country just a few kilometers away. If that isn’t enough, the boatie facilities and shopping is excellent. But I shouldn’t be mentioning this, as I should be keeping [...]
Duet on Passage
34 24’08S, 172 39′.56E Saturday 12th January. We left Whangaroa harbour early to make the most of a favourable tide up to North Cape. A fair wind sent us on our way reeling off the miles behind us. Duet is a real passage maker, we are getting used to 9 knots. We rounded Cape Reinga [...]
Opua
35° 18 S , 174° 67 E This is the beautiful Bay of Islands where we have spent the last two weeks moving from anchorage to bay and back again. Russell annually hosts a tall ships race around the bay. We took a boat load of friends to watch the stately parade of the old [...]
Parekura Bay
174.14 E 35.15 S Parekura Bay Bay of Islands. New Zealand. We expected the learning curve on Duet ll to be steep; we hadn’t imagined it to be vertical. Our maiden voyage up to the Bay of Islands from the Hauraki Gulf, is a passage of only 100 miles, all the same we stopped for [...]
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