http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.kaimirotrust.nz en-us Thu, 14 May 2026 22:28:06 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/37075/Trip-North-to-Whangaroa/ Underway after fueling in 25 knots and NNE swell approximately 1.8M first stop Great Barriers’ Whangaparapa.  With the weather not so great we will take a trip up to the hot water springs via the old logging railway (now a walkway).... Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:25:22 +1300 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post37075 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/28305/Journeys-Summary/   While it was so exciting and satisfying to have made it back safely, with H3 still in mint condition, it was very strange to be leaving the boat to live on dry land again.  I certainly could have quite easily stayed on board to continue doing this type of cruising; even for a period of several years!  It is actually a lifestyle. Horizon III proved herself as a strong sea worthy vessel more than capable of handling our conditions.  Robin and I discussed what changes we would... Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post28305 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27597/Voyage-Ends-in-Tairua/ This was me leaving the marina - mid February bound for Auckland to do final preparation and pick up Robin... Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27597 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27556/Gisborne-to-Mayor-Island-via-White-Island/ Storm at sea on route to White Island... Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27556 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27498/GisborneMonday/  We got up bright and early at 6:00am to prepare breakfast then set about making sure we were ship shape for our 5 hour trip to Gisborne.   I wanted to fuel, as mentioned earlier, so we got underway at 7:00am sharp for the fuel jetty.  As we both expected, it was still occupied by the fishing trawler who thought the ample signage saying KEEP CLEAR - FUELLING JETTY ONLY was just for other people not hard arse fishermen!... Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27498 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27446/Napier-Sunday/ View from the boat looking out into towards the harbour... Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:27:23 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27446 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27445/Wellington-to-Napier/ We departed Wellington on schedule at 5:00am this time, after a very early wake up, our earliest start for our whole adventure I think?  It took us 45 minutes to exit the harbour with only a couple of inbound vessels, one a ferry and the other a ship.  Once out of the harbour we headed almost due east for an hour to reach Cape Palliser, normally notoriously rough around there but Friday 27th was almost flat calm.  I resisted the temptation to take another sunrise photograph as you... Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27445 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27405/Wellington-Harbour-Thursday-26th-April/ Very cool sunrise on our way North... Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27405 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27404/Akaroa-French-Bay/ Leaving the Otago Harbour on route to Akaroa... Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27404 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/post/27349/Dunedin-or-bust/ Sunrise in Foveaux Straight - only 20 Knots, but rising later... Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.kaimirotrust.nz/blog/#post27349