Manutaki

Manutaki is a Beale 12.4. She is 12.4m long overall, 3.9 wide, 2.1 draft. 41ft for the traditionalists. She is wood core with fibreglass inside and out, sloop rigged and built to cruise. She has been to the Pacific islands a few times already, so hopefully she knows the way. We like to think of her as a modern classic, representing the way cruising boats were built in New Zealand in the '90s.

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Posted: Mon, 22 May 2017 - 13:39

Hello again from the good ship Manutaki, 3rd class seaman Jeff writing this. Alas, my early hopes of promotion were dashed after leaving the gas valve open ... Current conditions : cloud cover 80%

Posted: Sat, 20 May 2017 - 19:51

Good evening everybody - tonight's blog comes to you from 3rd class seaman Jeff... (hoping to get promoted by volunteering to write this ) So we headed out today with a fleet of 16 other yachts

Posted: Fri, 19 May 2017 - 21:48

Well we finally have a full crew, a full boat of tucker, and an (almost) confirmed departure date/time. We have had 5 on board for a few days no Interesting new world of living at close quarters in a

Posted: Tue, 16 May 2017 - 19:25

Hi all. It's getting exciting now. The weather models are aligning, the crew is all sorted out , and we look like we should go this week, hopefully Thursday. A bunch of last minute jobs, and then

Posted: Mon, 15 May 2017 - 22:33

Still in New Zealand. there was a window last Saturday, but there were two cyclones out there playing games with the weather! It's been a long week of watching the weather and trying to guess

Posted: Sat, 6 May 2017 - 19:03

After a lot of more or less hectic preparation, life has now begun to change speed. Slow. I spent the first half of the day anchored in a millpond in Whangaroa harbour, reading a book, admiring the

Posted: Fri, 5 May 2017 - 20:42

So I am on a sort of distant peaceful solo CycloneDonna-Watch. She is spinning and intensifying near Vanuatu, and I am off the grid on the Northland coast, exploring the Whangaroa harbour slowly by

Posted: Thu, 4 May 2017 - 18:30

Well, the big news is Cyclone Donna - christened today by the Tropical cyclone advisory centre and expected to intensify to a category 2,3 or even 4 in the next 3 days. Unsurprisingly, the Island

Posted: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 - 09:14

We are safely anchored in Opua Marina (berth I27), where the Island Cruising Association is mustering for the trip north. Already more than a dozen yachts here with more arriving every day. We now

Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 - 14:35

Anchored in Paradise Bay, Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands. A beautiful sunny afternoon, some lovely sailing today, settling in for a lazy glass of wine and a gossip with the sailors on the

Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 - 11:12

Sailing at last - a 10kn NE wind, motor off and we are humming across the bay towards Cape Brett and the Bay of Islands

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 17:46

Anchored at Mimiwhangata with Riada. Glorious

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 15:30

The Northland coast is simply stunning. Sailing past Whananaku towards Mimiwhangata with a westering sun and the poor knights glowing.

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 14:08

Oops. Last status update had the wrong lat and long values. Looks like we parked in the middle of whangaparoa. 
We didn't 
Motor sailing with 6 knots of breeze under clear skies.

Posted: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 - 14:00

Had a pleasant night at urquharts bay, near Whangarei. Now heading north under sunny skies with a entle easterly as we cruise up the coast Towards Mimiwhangata. We will pass Whananaku shortly, just

Posted: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 - 17:27

Pos 35 59.0s 174 38.5e Day 1 very peaceful. The winter sun is glorious as we motor under clear sunny skies across a gently rolling Bream Bay towards Urquharts Bay, near Whangarei. We will stop there

Posted: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 - 07:06

Anzac day dawns and it is time to take the first steps in the journey. Preparations (mostly) done. Goodbyes (partially) said. The sun is shining the wind is a gentle (but cold) south easterly

Posted: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 14:10

Sitting in the office on my last day before leaving on sabbatical, thinking through the months ahead. Looking forward to the challenge and the adventure. Feeling grateful to the team at SAP taking

Posted: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 - 19:09

Just a test: Updating via iridium mail for the first time It's a lovely Friday evening down on the boat, and I'm looking at my list of jobs wondering which one to do first

Posted: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 - 21:38

Oops - previous post was lat and long of the office desk, not the boat. Inauspicious start. Grounded before we even set sail. Ah well, perhaps we have got the grounding out of the way, now, so we can

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