Kiapa

Kiapa is a 52ft Morelli Melvin gunboat catamaran, built in Oregon, USA. We bought her in San Francisco in 2011. Her owners are Lionel and Irene Bass, who hail from Perth, Australia.

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Posted: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 - 18:39

Back in our old stomping ground, in the small but fab Fairway Bay Marina - with Sel Citron. Had another great day's sailing down from Whangarei, using both the screecher and the spinny, but not at

Posted: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 - 18:34

Snugly tucked into Marsden Cove Marina for the night. Went diving for scallops for dinner - overall very successful, harvesting some beaut big juicy ones. Sel Citron aka Kerry and Damian are joining

Posted: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 - 14:41

All jobs nearly done. Rudders checked, checked the shaft drive seals, checked and tefgelled the sheaves, polished out some scratch marks, re-tensioned the steering bridle, and antifouled the bottom

Posted: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 - 07:28

Out on the hard in the brand spanking new Port Whangarei Marine Centre. Nothing 'wrong', just want to do a general looky looky, checking in-takes, rudders etc. Will antifoul the bottom too since

Posted: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 - 14:18

In Tutukaka with Kapai and Maunie. Catching up with Ian and Doreen of Sea Bride tonight.

Posted: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 - 06:57

Happily anchored in very peaceful Urupukapuka Bay, Bay of Islands. Enjoyed a tasty dinner of freshly caught fish last night with our good mates Graham and Di from s/v Maunie. We are SO looking

Posted: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 - 07:18

Yeehah, managed to fly our spinnaker until just before sunset and would you believe it, just after dousing, we landed a nice size big-eye tuna which we promptly enjoyed for dinner. We pulled up on

Posted: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 - 07:38

Morale continues to be high, so no flogging necessary today. With less than 90 nm to go to Hole in the Rock we are hoping to make the Q dock tonight some time. The wind has almost totally

Posted: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 - 13:32

Aaahhh, at last, at last. It's been a long time coming. Three years A GOOD PASSAGE! Kiapa has had a great passage. I could open the sails up and "let her go!" The winds from Fiji to NZ between

Posted: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 - 07:22

Had a great day yesterday - had the spinny up from sunrise to sunset. In the meantime I worked out we have 2 champions on board! Lionel the champ captain who fathomed a way to fix the screecher, and

Posted: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 - 10:02

Spinnaker up... yeehah

Posted: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 - 07:26

Reefed the main for the night, just to be sure...... to be sure. Popped the spinny at daybreak and now happily cruising along. About to enjoy our last fresh tropical-fruit brekkie for a while, yum

Posted: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 - 07:19

This is cruising at its best. Kiapa the Cruiser has become Kiapa the Champagne Cruiser. Up until a few moments ago we had a couple of reefs in the main, but we've "shooken" them out and are now

Posted: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 - 18:16

Blew the brand new scheecher. The head of the sail was not properly attached. Kiapa is under headsail again, under a beam reach

Posted: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 - 12:15

"Kiapa the Cork" (after last night's rather lumpy and boisterous conditions)has morphed into "Kiapa the Cruiser" (in the comfy current conditions). Had Ding and Greg on s/v Chiquita next to us for a

Posted: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 - 11:09

We're off! Double reef in the main and doing 9k, but we're still in flat waters!

Posted: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 - 07:58

Departing from Fiji today, just waiting for Customs and Immigration to come and clear us out. It seems like we will be buddy boating with a few others, which is always nice. Hoping for a 5-6 day

Posted: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 - 18:49

Now In Denarau, after many days of purfect surf. Tomorrow Ken and Leilei from NZ arrive as our crew to help us passage to NZ. Not too sure when we will depart, but soon mama soon.

Posted: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 - 15:33

Happy Hindu New Year! Yesterday was Diwali Day, the most revered of festivals celebrated annually by Hindus. We were lucky enough to be invited to Anjee and Kamlesh's home last night to join in the

Posted: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 - 08:01

Heading from Musket to Denarau today, and back to Musket tomorrow. Winds 10KN SE

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