: Spirare: Feets from shore at the tope end of Double Cove.

: Spirare: Visiting Waikawa Marina over the weekend.

: Spirare...virus free :)...now back in beautifull Mistletoe Bay

: Spirare: Back in NgaKuta Bay for the strong SE.

: Spirare: Kumoto Bay...nice and quiet.

: Spirare: NgaKuta Bay amongts lots of local moorings

: Spirare: Downtown Picton on a commercial berth for a 2 days shopping spree thanks to Briand at the marina office :)

: Spirare: And a early morning shift to Governor's Bay with the wind shift following the Cold Fron Passage...that is the way you dance here with the weather.

: Spirare:Flipper's Cove...nice shelter for the cold front tomorrow.

: Spirare:In many Coves Bay where concret is barged one truck at a time and poored by chopper lifting one bucket load at the time !?! Summer cottages here therefore are an expensive proposition.

: Spirare:In Endevour Inlet on Capitain Cook's trail :)

: Spirare:Staging in flat calm Hikoekoea Bay on route to Queen Charlotte via the dreatfull Cap Jackson :) Got a few big nice Pawau at low tide just behind our anchorage...has to fight our way through numerous Blue Cod just to get those !!

: Spirare:Spirare:In Brown Bay with young Phil & Beka (Kiwi Yacht Laricina) to pick-up our carots bag and to weather yet another Cold Front and its associated Gale force wind.

: Spirare:Beautifull Forsyth Bay on a perfect summer day.

: Spirare: Venturing out to Waihinau Bay..wouuu...dearing !

: Spirare: Back in Hopai Bay...quite windy now from the NW but nice a quiet here. Will go spearfishing again 2morrow.

: Spirare: Waimaru Bay

: Spirare: Another scorching day... Spirare: Hopai Bay... all to ourself :) Come a check out Sergio's 1970's stripped spido !

: Spirare: OMG...scorching day...hangging tight under the shade with a nice cooling sea breeze with a cold beer !

: Spirare: Back to Nydia Bay for some laudry and some bush walking

: Spirare: Poisson Point...nice little cove with sterns lines to shore...oh how nice it is :) water is warm and surprisinly clear.

: Spirare: Spirare: Double beach...An improvised anchorage in a nice tiny cove well protected from any NE wind.

: Spirare: Saint Omer Bay....oh what a nive sunset view !

: Spirare: Back in friendly Havelock Marina for a quick pit-stop...one can't live on fish alone !

: Spirare: Back in Chance Bay to hide from strong NW winds and Cold Front later today...flat calm here....stern lines to shore.

: Spirare: Ricmond Bay

: Spirare: Allam Cove for some nice free diving and fish.

: Tawhitinui Island on a spectacular summer day !

: Tawhitinui Island on a spectacular summer day !

Spirare: After having celebrated the New Year with Hilary & Brian from Taranui (last met 2 yrs ago in Tasmania!), and breaking the bad fishing spell cast on my by Brian, we are taking shelter from the next blow tucked againts shore once again but this time in Brown Bay...nice & calm hoping for some Blue Code for lunch.