There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

— Joseph Conrad

Mirabilis

Mirabilis

Mirabilis is a 43ft steel Finot sloop owned by Mike and Danica Stent. Mirabilis joined the family in 2010. We spent ten years living aboard with the Marlborough Sounds as our main playground. We've done a few bigger trips to Rakiura, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This season we are back on the water again and sailing with our two boys (Arlo and Coen) around the Fiji islands. Home port is Mana, NZ. Mirabilis is named after the nudibranch Jason mirabilis. Nudibranchs are rad.

Recent Updates

Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 19:00

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 19:00

Retry the pic again, did it work this time Dad? Sent from Iridium Mail & Web.

Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 17:57

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 16:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 15:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 15:05

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 14:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 14:48

had to alter the racing sail setup to tighten up into the wind. Not a bad days sailing, still can't believe we haven't even left nz waters yet and had so many different conditions. I've added a pic

Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 13:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 12:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 11:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 11:39

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 10:57

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 09:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 08:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 08:03

We left New Plymouth yesterday about 4pm and headed back out into the deep blue. Our depth sounded stopped working at 450m deep and Waikato is 55 NM off our starboard bow ( we are 99kms out to sea

Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 07:54

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Posted: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 - 06:54

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