Only just a few more items!
Still not in the water but very close.  Andrew arrives today and will have have a few days with us before spending a week in the South Island.  Then we hope to be all ready to launch and look for a weather window to sail to Fiji.

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Deck and cabin paint now complete.  Windows are in and Giselle looks like a yacht again.  It will be many years since she looked as good.

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Progress continues.  We have booked a launch date of 9th July.  Tough to get everything done by then but still achievable.  Andrew and Rebecca hoping to come out and visit.  May sail up to Fiji with Andrew and Rebecca may visit us while in Fiji late August.

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We are still on the hard in Norsand, Whangarei. Actually now in a shed. Everytime we poked a little further we found an area that needed attention and off came another fitting. We have had to cut out some corrosion and replace small sections of plate mostly in the anchor well area [...]

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Nothing of interest to report. Hence no reports!
Up on the hard in Norsand Boat Yard in Whangarei. The mast is out, the sails away with the sail maker and lots of fittings off so that we can paint the boat. We have a small flat in the boatyard which makes it comfortable [...]

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I’m back in Whangarei getting ready for the haul out in mid January. I got to see Kirsty at the Alpine lodge in Mount Cook Village with excellent weather, even had red sunset light reflecting off the snowy mountain. Mary is there at the moment and will be back here in the new [...]

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Getting ready to go across the Cook Straight tomorrow. The wind is suitably strong and the area is living up to its reputation.
Had a great time touring the North Island with a car and now off to the South Island and Christchurch for a Christmas.
Happy Christmas and a great new year.

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In Whangarei at the moment. Looking forward to meeting up with Barbara and Deryck again on Monday. Kirsty has a job in a lodge on Mount Cook starting in a couple of weeks. We will bring the boat back here after Barbara and Deryck leave and then go land based sight seeing [...]

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Arrived 22:00 11th November.
This is a small place but very friendly and many good yachtie services. Lots of boats arriving all the time from Tonga, Fiji and New Caledonia.
Will be here in NZ until the end of cyclone season in the Pacific which is April time.
We will focus on maintenance and [...]

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Lots of Sooty Shearwaters and some Albatrosses which make a lovely sight. It makes up for it being so cold.  We now have full thermals as per UK early season sailing!
Wind now around to the west so making Opua on this tack and keeping up a good speed.  Position of tack on Monday morning has [...]

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