Zinkwazi

My mojo is still lost, but at least I am catching bait. May have to eat it if I don’t catch anything bigger. This will shock Rob so might do anyway – a couple of butterflied baby kahawai on the barbecue with some wood chips to smoke them maybe. And I love skipjack mackerel, piper, […]

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We are anchored off the famous: A trough coming through in next couple of days so we decided to head north ahead of it. A very different trip from our last one with a gentle swell and bugger all wind. So the iron spinnaker did most of the work although we did fly the genoa. […]

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I’ve lost my mojo. No fish while Rob was getting good bites and hauling them in – admittedly all undersized, but at least they were fish. Oh well there is tomorrow. BBQ for tea – Soggybottom sausages, baked potatoes, grilled corn and tomato salad. – If you enjoyed this please leave a comment – Posted […]

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Well we had an interesting day – and not in a good way. Forecast was for 15 knot southeast winds with slight sea and 1m swell. Sounds good, yep. Winds were stronger and swell was much bigger. With a following wind and swells rolling in on our starboard beam Zinkwazi rolled like a pig. Oh […]

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Beer is bad, bad, bad. Bad, bad, bad! But who cleaned up in Tall Ships and Classic races yesterday? First tall ship on handicap, first wooden gaff rigged boat and first boat in both classic and tall ships on handicap? The girls……… And they have enough rum in winnings to float a boat. Two days […]

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3 days till I go naked, unless I do some laundry first. Tonight we hangi. Tall ships was not as impressive as last year but still a great spectacle. I counted more than a hundred sail boats off Russell and that was before the start of the race. Artemis was the flag ship. Cutest boat […]

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Tough day, hooning around in the tender, kayaking, swimming, reading and barbecuing. We’ve had a lovely day, clear and hot but has clouded over and there is some rain now. All good, rain will wash boat and cool the night. We had our first boat problems today – I blocked the toilet, fortunately I did […]

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Happy birthday Elyse. The boats are back, the boats are back in town. Tall ships race on Saturday and we’ve already seen a few and there are a couple anchored very close by. Can’t see her name but here is a very glammed up schooner: We’ll sail the course on Saturday – anybody with anything […]

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We’ve not moved today. Slept late and then did boat work. Sadly this is just like housework, but on a boat. Rob did most of stowing away before we left and so I can’t find anything. Because I did the shopping in several short bursts I’m not sure what food and drinks we have on […]

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We put up the main – but just for show, in 2-3 knots wind we were not sailing anywhere! Not a ripple on the sea, just a big oily swell which seems to set off my very mild sea sickness. Oh well a day in the cock pit sticking my head into the wind like […]

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