Wild Days Rum, available at all liquor stores on Waiheke Island – more here When I told friends in Sydney that I was sitting on a beach in New Zealand the comment was met with no small amount of wonderment. New Zilund, for the record, does have beaches. Very nice ones at that. It was [...]

The Race Greetings Yachties, Welcome to New Zealand’s most popular coastal yacht race, 125miles ( in a strait line, 160 if it’s on the wind) from Auckland’s Devonport Wharf to Russell Wharf. The record of just over 7 hours 20minutes is held by Split Enz. Split Enz arrived in Westhaven Friday 25th September for this [...]

Greetings Yachties, Sliver Sails Racing: NZ Womans Match Racing Olympic Squad Marine Feuerstein BlackMatch Alinghi – Butterworth comments Coastal Classic 18ft Skiff Statement from the Société Nautique de Genève, 33rd America’s Cup Defender Action at the DoG pound Ellen MacArthur Trust more later 18ft SKIFF INTERNATIONAL REGATTA AT SAN FRANCISCO Some great action shots taken [...]