Farewell New Zealand
The last days in New Zealand
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Category: Sailing Ah Ma
Rudders and water in the Engine
The rudder problems turned out to be just a couple of bearings. Easy enough to repair, but it would require for Ah Ma to be lifted out again. This has become quite an expensive undertaking at the Opua boat yard. The steep price increases of the last year have made[…]
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Happy New Year from Opua
Happy new year followers and friends. It has been a long while since I wrote last. Spotty internet connection and a to do list as long as my left leg prevented me from taking the time. But now with most chores done and a shiny Starlink dish on the port[…]
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A month on the hard
It has been a while since I posted an update. Ah Ma is finally out on the hard and has been sitting there for almost a month now. When she was lifted out of the green murky waters of the Kawakawa river the bottom was like a horror movie. A[…]
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Only a poor or stupid man is cold
The first two weeks aboard Ah Ma were filled with the odd maintenance jobs. It all started with the boiler and the 220v gremlins which I talked about in the previous post. No hot water means no showers. I can not move on board without having a nice hot shower[…]
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The first two weeks in New Zealand
Upon arrival I was greeted by a charming elderly lady, the mother of the hostess hosting my Airbnb. She brought me straight to the marina where I and Ah Ma met for the first time in two years. I can’t describe the emotions running through my veins when I first[…]
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Finally…
The corona madness finally decends into the pages history. With countries all around the world returning to a new normal, also New Zealand has woken up to the reality. This means we can finally rejoin our goddess and continue our life aboard and journey east. The world around us has[…]
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Retrospect
It has been a year since the start of our expedition to bring Ah Ma home. We started last year, early January out in Curacao, preparing Ah Ma for the long sail across the Pacific to her new home in Asia. She was lying pretty in a sun-drenched marina within[…]
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 7 (final)
Sitting on the balcony of our temporary AirBNB apartment in Tahiti, overlooking the Taina pass, where we entered Tahiti several weeks ago, I write up the last words of our epic journey across the Pacific amidst the Corona pandemic. We have been stranded on Tahiti for almost two months now,[…]
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Galapagos to Tahiti – part 6
Day 21 to 24 on our way from Galapagos to Tahiti. More miles than expected, some tormenting tunas splashing around the bow, a haiku and the most amazing sunsets.
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