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Outwiththewind, sailing back to Fiji without wasting a day

May 15, 2022 Ana Leave a comment

“There is a potential window to sail to Fiji on either 1st, 2nd or 3rd of May. Are you interested?” Bob,…

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Filed under: BobMcDavittweather, BulaFiji, Oceansailing, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, SailingfromNZtoFiji, Sailsconfiguration

Whangaroa harbour, the best ‘waiting room’ in our around the world voyage

April 30, 2022 Ana Leave a comment

– Wow, look at this!  I slowly emerge from the bed and gaze through the stern cabin window.  Over night…

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Filed under: BoatEngineOverheating, circumnavigation, circumnavigationresumed, NewZealand, NZ, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailingaroundtheworld, Whangaroa, WhangaroaNewZealand

Reaching Aotea Great Barrier Island, ‘the Mecca’ of sailing New Zealand

April 15, 2022 Ana 1 Comment

– It is March already. We only have April before the end of the cyclone season and we know nothing…

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Filed under: bestthingstodogreatbarrierisland, GreatBarrierIslandNewZealand, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailingaroundtheworldblogcouple, SailorsstuckduringCoronavirus, StuckaboardduringCovid, StuckduringCovid

Surviving a cyclone in NZ aboard our sailing yacht felt like crossing an ocean in a day

March 14, 2022 Ana Leave a comment

– I am going to brush my teeth, says Sorin. – Ok. – Aren’t you coming?  – No way! ———————…

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Filed under: Crossinganocean, CruisinginNZ, CruisingNZ, CycloneDoviNZ, CycloneDovipath, CycloneDovitrack, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, Postcyclone, sailingaroundtheworld, survivingacyclone, Tropicalstormwarning, Tropicalstormwindspeed

Stranded on boat by La Niña phenomena at Mahurangi Harbour, NZ

February 14, 2022 Ana Leave a comment

– I am bored to tears here. – And what can we do? – We could sail back to Waiheke.…

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Filed under: Freakevent, KawauIlandNewZealand, LaNinaphenomena, LaNinaYear, MahurangiHarbour, Mahurangiregatta2022, Outwiththewind, Pitchblack, sailingaroundtheworld, sailinglife, Strandedonboat

Cruising NZ without dropping the ball

January 19, 2022 Ana Leave a comment

I was in tears. My heart was broken. I couldn’t possibly get my head around what I heard. How could…

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Filed under: Covid and sailors, Covidsailingrestrictions, CruisingNZ, CycloneCodytrackerNZ, Outwiththewind, sailing, sailingaroundtheworld, SailorsstuckduringCoronavirus, Sharksightings, spearfishing, Tongavolcanoandtsunami, Tutukakamarinadamage

Cruising NZ is an endurance test

December 25, 2021 Ana 2 Comments

 – We have to have a plan for a few days. – I thought we already had a plan? –…

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Filed under: Christmasonaboat, CruisingNZ, endurancetest, Lifeaboard, Livingaboardasailboat, Outwiththewind, OysterYachts, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingboat, thelifeoffgrid, thesailinglife

Out with the wind, but how far will the wind take us?

November 30, 2021 Ana Leave a comment

– Hi. Did you know what happened?  We shrugged shoulders in oblivion. – Your neighbour hit Mehalah while you were…

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Filed under: Aucklandboatyard, BoatyardLife, CircumnavigationoftheEarth, Covid and sailors, DeltavariantinNZ, Outwiththewind, OysterMariner35, OysterYachts, sailingaroundtheworld, SailorsstuckduringCoronavirus

Lawfully in NZ again!

October 25, 2021 Ana Leave a comment

– Good morning. I am calling from Immigration NZ. We received your complaint. At the moment you are unlawfully in…

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Filed under: CircumnavigationoftheEarth, ImmigrationNZAuckland, LatestCovidnewsinNz, Outwiththewind, sailingaroundtheworld, SailorsstuckduringCoronavirus, StuckaboardduringCovid, StuckduringCovid, StuckoverseasduringCovid, VaccinationinNZ

New Zealand seems to be winning the fight against Covid Delta. Go NZ!

September 7, 2021 Ana Leave a comment

My heart was pounding. I was petrified. We hadn’t done anything wrong. Only that our borrowed car rear seats were…

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Filed under: Covid and sailors, Outwiththewind, sailingadventure, sailingaroundtheworld, sailingaroundtheworldblog, Sailinglifeblog, sailinglifeblogs, SailorsstuckduringCoronavirus, StuckduringCovid, WeatherinNZAuckland

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