Kairos II

Kairos II is a 45ft traditionally constructedi timber ketch built in Vancouver in 1979. She has spent most of her life in Nelson, New Zealand having made numerous trips to the Pacific Islands. Her current owners have owned her for the past 7 years refitting her for another offshore trip to the Pacific Islands and beyond!

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Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 - 06:24

Pos at 0600 NZDT. 45NM to go to Opua, Great run last night with a tuck in the mizzen and the staysail up. Thanks GHR and YIT for the service that you provide.Nice work. And good to hear the radio

Posted: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 - 18:15

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Great days sailing with the wind filling from the North. Broad reaching in 20-25 knts with Jib and Jigger.Eating the last of our french delicacies before arrival in Opua

Posted: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 - 06:18

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Switched the Detroit off at 2300hrs to the relief of our ears. Been slow progress with the Northerly taking a while to fill in but hope to start trucking along soon. All

Posted: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 - 18:39

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. The engine is driving us insane. Both Malin and I have been walking around with earmuffs on all day. God loves a screaming 2 stroke Detroit Diesel, strong as an Ox.. Im

Posted: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 - 06:09

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Motor sailing since midnight and a bit more until the wind fills in again. Very bright almost full moon last night. Take a peak through your binoculars, well worth a look:)

Posted: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 - 18:12

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Got a bit of a knock with the 20-25 knt Southerly today but its just starting to ease now. Shaping up to motor through the high tomorrow then a sled run on the big

Posted: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 - 06:15

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Making good progress with the Souwester while its with us. Sea state not fully developed which is nice. All well onboard

Posted: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 - 18:18

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Frontal rain etc has just gone through and scattered Cumulus is appearing .Wind is stillin the North strangely enough. Waiting for the wind to back so we can go on the

Posted: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 - 06:24

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Wind has backed right round to the North. Not much wind at the moment but im sure we will see it soon. All well onboard

Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 - 18:03

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Slow sunny sailing today as the wind eases and backs. Started the motor at 1600 and are now headed to a waypoint just North of Norfolk Island to meet the front. All is well

Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 - 06:51

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Putting on the winter woolies at night now . All is well onboard. Jason and Malin

Posted: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 - 18:27

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Slowed down a bit today as looking at encountering a front around Norfolk Island. Good sailing weather at the moment and a shame to slow down. No contact from Kairos 1 or

Posted: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 - 06:09

Position at 0600 hrs NZDT. Made good progress last night. The moon was out and about to light the way which was nice. Wind appears to be backing around already. All well onboard.

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 - 18:06

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Got away at 0800hrs this morning through Dumbea pass. I might just add that the Dumbea left surf break was going off!!! It has been a great days sail and we have changed

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 - 18:06

Position at 1800 hrs NZDT. Got away at 0800hrs this morning through Dumbea pass. I might just add that the Dumbea left surf break was going off!!! It has been a great days sail and we have changed

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 - 08:32

Leaving New Caledonia via Dumbea Pass this morning. The first part off the passage looks good, then we will do some ducking and weaving past a couple of fronts on route to New Zealand. Feeling

Posted: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 - 08:26

Leaving New caledonia via Dumbea Pass this morning. The passage looks good for the first few days, after that we will be doing some ducking and weaving past a few fronts on the way to New Zealand

Posted: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 - 18:35

Shaping up for a good weather window to depart from Noumea to NZ on Tuesday. Looks like we will clear out tomorrow at this stage. Looks like a few boats will be on this one.

Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 - 21:00

Its been a good couple of weeks cruising in New Cal and we have spent the last few days in Noumea doing the land based attractions which has been fun. Well the decision has been made to head back

Posted: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 - 18:57

I think Sunday was the most epic day of surf I have ever witnessed. We rolled out to Dumbea pass accompanied by Sharpe and Margie on Wanderer at about 0530 in the morning and anchored up behind the

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