KAHIA

KAHIA

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Kahia is a Bowman 42, monohull/fiberglass, sloop, built in the UK and launched in Newhaven, East Sussex on 21st February 2007 by Paul and Catherine Davis, the first and current owners. Our maiden voyage was in the English channel along to Falmouth (Kahia's place of conception), Scilly Isles, Brittany/France, Channel Islands and back to our homeport Brighton, East Sussex. In 2008 we sailed for 3 months across the Bay of Biscay, Northern Spain, Portugal and returned to Brighton. In 2009 Kahia and her husband and wife crew completed her first Ocean Passage to the Azores, Portugal and return to Brighton, which was a qualifying passage of over 1000 ocean miles for the membership of the OCC (Ocean Cruising Club). In September 2011 we started our voyage of a lifetime from Brighton, crossed the Atlantic in Dec 2011 sailed in the Carribean, ABC islands, Kuna Yala and arrived in the Pacific in 2012 with the classic crossing from Panama, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Islands, Niue, Tonga and had a spectcular passage to NZ (along side Adventure Bound and Windigo, which was unfortuately abandoned during this passage). We were part of the Drifter's Net then and also listened into Gulf Harbour Radio during this time. In 2013 we sailed to Fiji, New Caledonia and Brisbane, cruised along the Australian coast to Sydney and back to Brisbane and sailed to New Caledonia end of July 2014. We look forward to hearing from you and complete any further forms to keep a radio watch with you while in Transit. Thank you for your excellent support and weather information. Kind regards Paul and Catherine Davis

Recent Updates

KAHIA - May 7, 2015
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Not gone yet!! At anchor in Whangarei river, ready and waiting to go to Tahiti, but not impressed by the strings of low pressure systems coming through.

KAHIA - November 23, 2014
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Approached NZ with a lively sail. At night the wind dropped and we sailed gently along the coast to Marsden Cove and arrived at the Quarantine dock this morning at 7 am. We have now cleared in with ... Read More
KAHIA - November 22, 2014
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Had a peaceful night sailing at 3-4 knots in light SSW winds, now sailing beautifully and making good progress. Will arrive early morning. Caught a beautiful 6kg white tuna. Looking forward to dinner ... Read More
KAHIA - November 21, 2014
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motoring. ETA Marsden Cove sometime Sunday 23rd November 2014

KAHIA - November 20, 2014
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motion is getting more comfortable as sea is reducing. Wind on the nose, blowing us further to the East, not ideal. Looking forward to getting more Southwards hopefully soon.

KAHIA - November 19, 2014
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relay from Astarte

KAHIA - November 19, 2014
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Glad the wind turned to SSW all day at 15 to 22 knots, which gives us a very close angle towards our destination, sailing at 51 to 60 degrees to the wind, Kahia is hopping through the waves like a ... Read More
KAHIA - November 18, 2014
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hopefully fixing the radio installation will be top of the To Do list in NZ. This via Astarte

KAHIA - November 18, 2014
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Through the front and back to some sunshine.

KAHIA - November 17, 2014
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KAHIA - November 17, 2014
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Light winds from the NW, sailing gently under goose-wing and enjoying the sun.

KAHIA - November 16, 2014
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hrd to hear. This via relay

KAHIA - November 16, 2014
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Had a pleasant night, with mostly light winds, motor sailing now, a hot and sunny day.

KAHIA - November 14, 2014
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leaving today for opua

KAHIA - November 12, 2014
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At anchor in Port Moselle, stocked up with food, fuel and water tanks full. Ready to leave Thursday-Saturday for Whangarei, NZ

KAHIA - November 4, 2014
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at anchor in Ilot Maitre, preparing to leave for Noumea to check out and provision for passage to Opua, NZ. position: 22 19S 165 24E

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