November 2011
Paihia
Paihia is the town on New Zealand's Bay of Islands. Scream anchored overnight in the bay north of Paihia, between it and Waitangi. The anchorage is a vast area of sand bottom with about 2.5m at chart datum. Given that zero tides are rare in New Zealand, boats drawing less than 3m can anchor here […]
Passage from Fiji to New Zealand
Scream spent eleven days sailing from Savusavu in Fiji to Opua in New Zealand. We spent several weeks before we departed looking for favourable weather for the passage. We wanted to leave when the weather systems were weak, with little difference between the central pressures of the local highs and lows. We departed with a […]
Passage from Fiji to New Zealand
Scream spent eleven days sailing from Savusavu in Fiji to Opua in New Zealand. We spent several weeks before we departed looking for favourable weather for the passage. We wanted to leave when the weather systems were weak, with little difference between the central pressures of the local highs and lows. We departed with a […]