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EMOTIONAL WELCOME HOME AFTER SAILING TO NEW ZEALAND 🥲 (Episode 252)
Very emotional episode as we sail in a convoy into Auckland, where I grew up. We get a traditional Maori welcome, called a powhiri, and a mind blowing 500 people were in attendance, which raised a bunch of money for a kids charity at Akarana Marine center ...
Sailing Alone 400NM In The Tasman Sea and Across Cook Strait To The South Island of New Zealand
Sailing Alone Series : SOLO TO THE SOUNDS Hello Friends, Welcome to another long format passage film. On this video I haul in in the dark of night at Spirits Bay in the Far North of New Zealand's North Island and sail down the west coast to New Plymouth ...
The Slow Push to the Top of The North Island of New Zealand and Catching a Kahawai Fish
Episode 348 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I made the slow crawl North to Spirits Bay to be in place to sail down to the South Island of New Zealand. As I mention on the video, I am not sure how to make motoring for 2...
It took us 25,000 MILES and 6 YEARS to get to NEW ZEALAND! – (Episode 251)
The final part to our sailing to New Zealand series is complete! Been a very long time coming. Thank you all for following the journey! SV Parlay is a hurricane damaged Lagoon 450 catamaran, which Colin rebuilt with friends and has started sailing around ...
Motoring Up a Very Tight River to Quayside Boatyard in New Zealand; New Bottom Paint For Triteia
Episode 347 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I make the decision to head North instead of South and sail down the Westcoast of New Zealand for the South Island. Once my mind is made up, I make way across a now dead calm...
Rough Seas & Building Winds Calls for A Change of Course in the Hauraki Gulf ; Always Have A Plan C
Episode 346 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I depart Auckland with the intention of sailing to the Coromandel Peninsula. Shortly after leaving Auckland harbour I was excited to see a pod of four Orcas casually swimming...
Sailing to Auckland and Exploring the City
Episode 345 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, Once the storm had passed, I hauled up and made way for Auckland Harbour. Finally settling into an anchorage I had spent a fair amount of time at in the past, Little Shoal, I headed over to ...
A Challenging Sail in The Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand to Waiheke Island from Great Barrier Island
Episode 344 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I haul up anchor at Great Barrier Island after an amazing stay and make way for Waiheke Island to hide from some approaching weather. The passage started out quiet but as the...
FINALLY SAILING HOME WITH MY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS!! – (Episode 249)
Huge episode this week as we leave Tonga to sail over 1000 miles to New Zealand! We manage to stop at Minerva reef, which is a submerged atoll in the middle of the south Pacific ocean, and possibly one for the coolest places we have ever been! SV Parlay i...
Exploring Great Barrier Island in New Zealand on a Vintage Sailboat
Episode 343 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I visit a number of different bays around Great Barrier after riding out some bad weather and position myself at Bowling Alley Bay to sail to Waiheke for an approaching cyclo...
One of the Coolest Cruising Destinations I have Visited: Smokehouse Bay on Great Barrier Island
Episode 342 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I have a lovely slow sail across Port Fitzroy to the legendary Smokehouse Bay. I had heard a lot of hype about this spot and I have to say it far exceeded expectations. Where...
Sailing to Great Barrier Island from Whangarei Heads in New Zealand
Episode 341 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I make way for Great Barrier Island from Smugglers Cove. After a lovely day of sailing I arrive to Port Fitzroy and find a spot to anchor before heading to shore to explore t...
Visiting the Whangarei Maritime Festival in New Zealand and Riding On An Old Steam Powered Tug
Episode 340 : Season 10 : New Zealand - Aotearoa Hello Friends, On this episode I get settled back into life aboard Triteia and happen to be around Whangarei for the first ever Whangarei Maritime Festival. It was a wonderful two days of festivities, beau...
Sailor James and John Conway of @SVFelurian Talk about His New Rolly Tasker Sails
Hello Friends, On this episode I sit down with John Conway of @SVFelurian to talk about his new Rolly Tasker Sails. here is the info John sent me about his sails: "My sails are from the Roly Tasker “Performance Sails” Family. I went with the CDX PR...