March 2012
Tauranga
Scream spent eleven days in Tauranga. While in Tauranga we enjoyed ourselves. We visited Mount Manganui and watched SuperRugby in person. We also sailed on land in blokarts, which was fantastic. We stayed at the Tauranga Bridge Marina. The marina staff are great and their rates are very competitive. There is a nice cafe and restaurant. Unfortunately […]
Rounding Cape Colville
Thanks to some less than accurate assistance from Metservice, Scream encountered all sorts of annoyances rounding Cape Colville. Cape Colville poses a challenge that many cruising sailors will find novel. The tide runs at a couple knots between Cape Colville and Great Barrier Island. As every sailor from Alaska to Seattle knows well, this causes […]
Great Barrier Island
Scream spent two nervous weeks in the wonderful sheltered harbours of Great Barrier, or Aotea, Island. Port Fitzroy is a magnificent harbour. It has two narrow and protected enterances, leading to a large harbour. Port Fitzroy harbour is almost four miles north to south with an average width of almost half a mile. There are […]
Provisioning for Fiji
The adage goes: "People eat everywhere. So you can always find food in inhabited places." While this is true, people eat differently in different places because different things are available. In Fiji the following are readily available in large towns: Bread, flour Pasta, ramen Canned meat Fish in all forms The selection of fresh fruit […]
Pier 21
Scream spent a week tied up at Pier 21 marina in Auckland. We needed to pull into a dock to get mail and provisions, and we decided that we might as well come into Auckland and have a good time. Pier 21 is wonderful. It is the best located and best priced marina in Auckland […]