Chameleon

chameleon is a moody 47 built in southhampton in 1986. she was purchased in spain in 2001 by her current owners, david sapiane and patricia dallas. After addressing some safety needs, like a new engine, rigging, steering cables, sails and enjoying the med, we sailed her back to nz via the caribbean and have been in the south pacific ever since. Actually not quite as one year we left nz for bora bora and then went from there to the marshall islands via penhryn and canton. We had one winter on land in 2012 and established gulf harbour radio which was very quiet in 2013 as we headed off to new caledonia for the season! Gulf Harbour Radio became a permanent seasonal effort May1, 2014. We finish at the end of November each year to enjoy the Hauraki Gulf area for the NZ summer.

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Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 - 13:09

Nice to have a calm sunny morning after the blow. After the ham net we motored around to Karaka Bay in Abercrombie. Anchored in 5m of good holding mud/sand. There seems to be an adventure park here

Posted: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 - 08:57

Due to a fire drill a short while ago we are now in a slightly different position here in Nimaru Cove, Katherine Bay. It has been a torrid night. The rain started around 5pm yesterday and the wind

Posted: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 - 17:45

We moved today to the NW side of great Barrier. We were going to leave it until the afternoon based on the forecast of var 5 in the morning but reports from those on the ham net said that 100%cc and

Posted: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 - 09:39

Still at Arid/Rakitu Island. Incredible weather. Had an entertaining day yesterday. First off the lovely 80' power boat could not leave as its anchor was stuck. It was interesting seeing such a large

Posted: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 - 10:45

Still at Arid/Rakitu Island. It is amazing what a wonderful spell of weather we are getting as we did not think we would be able to stay this long on the eastern side of Great Barrier/Aotea Island

Posted: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 - 10:33

We shifted this morning to the anchorage we had been waiting to visit but needed anything other than nw. There is a lovely walk on the island and lots of interesting things to explore in the craggy

Posted: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 - 17:00

A very pleasant morning meeting the folk on the beautiful 1936 power boat beside us. Crew did not mind being grounded! The day slowly became more cloudy so we decided to leave the beautiful anchorage

Posted: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 - 16:18

Well a day of action today. Most of it not good. The plan was for the crew to go ashore for a walk while the captain cleaned out the sail locker.. After the ham net I quickly tossed things in my back

Posted: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 - 17:24

Motored down to probably the most beautiful anchorage on Great Barrier. Harataunga is just lovely. We may never leave! We are tucked into a little cove on the NW side. It is protected from the N

Posted: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 - 17:00

Motor-sailed to Great barrier Island yesterday. Took 8.75hrs to get to the NE end, Rangiwhakea Bay. Blue sky and light to zero wind the whole way until we rounded the corner when it was stronger on

Posted: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 - 17:29

Will await the mild front tomorrow and head off to the east side of great Barrier on Friday. really looking forward to getting away at long last. Especially as the Boss seems to think we will have at

Posted: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 - 16:54

At Kawau Is for New Years along with around 250 other boats. Bon Accord harbour looks great. We were slow to get out this year as some low life decided to slash the side wall of one of the Suzuki

Posted: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 - 11:11

Thought I should position Chameleon back in her berth at B42 Gulf Harbour as we have been running the net from Home for 2 months now!

Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 - 10:08

Wow and cool. I am using the new iPad App and I don't even have to input the position as it finds me automatically.

Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 - 08:15

Will likely stay in South Cove Kawau as it is not often you get such tranquil conditions here, hopefully the grey skies may keep the holidaying school kids on land today. We are the only anchored

Posted: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 - 19:32

back home and looking forward to meeting some new faces at kawau later in the week

Posted: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 - 05:29

Buenos Aries and at the dock after the slow trip up the river Plate overnight. It is shallow but again my chart does not give much detail. The boat Info screen said 20m but it looked less and the

Posted: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 - 02:36

just as we approached Montevideo Uruguay dock a squall came through with 60 kts so the port was closed and we got to hang about. Eventually we docked in 20kts and driving rain but as the electrical

Posted: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 - 04:29

There is over 1000nm from the Falklands to Montevideo Uruguay so we are sailing for two days at around 18-20 kts in pea soup. A good time to catch up on reading and gym work. There are various

Posted: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 - 01:45

The Fawklands Islands.An amazingly good day for our trip to the northern part of these very barren islands. Not a tree In sight and very rugged barren landscape. The very colourful houses in Port

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