Maunie of Ardwall

Maunie is a cutter-rigged Vancouver 38 Pilot sailed by Graham and Dianne Keating from Dartmouth, England. We left the UK in September 2012 and after spending our third summer in New Zealand we spent the 2016 season in Vanuatu and 2017 in Australia, heading south for Sydney and then Tasmania. In 2018 we took the tough decision to ship Maunie back to the UK to resume working careers but we'll continue to sail her from her mooring in Dartmouth. Length: 11.6m Beam: 3.7m Displacement: 10,150kg Sail number: 6 MMSI Number: 235072013 AIS: Yes (transmit and receive)

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Posted: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 - 15:52

Well the weather had a couple of final kinks to throw at us so we now depart Monday 13th (13 is a lucky number, right?). Window looks breezy but good.

Posted: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 - 16:36

Hunkered down in the marina with the wind whistling in the rigging. NZ Metservice forecast gives 40kt gusting 50kt NE tonight, with rain and big seas out there so we are very happy to be here just at

Posted: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 - 08:46

Don't think we've ever seen the barometer so high - 1032hPA. A fantastic sunset last night and calm and sunny this morning - a bonus for those of us still waiting to sail north. Hoping that there

Posted: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 - 15:48

Broken out of the marina, hurrah, as the blue sky arrived this morning. A cracking sail in cold S 20-25 knots and now anchored in Paroanui Bay. About to brave the water to swim to see how much has

Posted: Tue, 31 May 2016 - 09:07

Our team name in the OCC Quiz night (we came an honourable 3rd) was The Patient Mariners. Still waiting on weather after a tussle with Australian bureaucracy over visitors visas prevented us from

Posted: Thu, 26 May 2016 - 07:46

Still in Opua Marina, awaiting that elusive weather window to head for Vanuatu. The weather has been pretty impressive here this week with fronts and troughs rolling in one after the other - if you

Posted: Sun, 15 May 2016 - 17:22

Anchored in Urapukapuka Bay after waving Kiapa off on the start of their passage to Fiji this morning. Beautiful but windless day in the Bay of Islands but we had a large pod of Bottlenose dolphins

Posted: Fri, 13 May 2016 - 07:22

Back on our Opua mooring after a busy and expensive day yesterday. After trying every option (including fitting another course computer of the same vintage) we had a new autopilot fitted - this one

Posted: Sun, 8 May 2016 - 08:29

In Otaio Bay, Urapukapuka Island, after a short and gentle sail yesterday. Boat jobs and baking, plus planning recipes for the passage. Weather still incredibly settled (some heavy rain overnight but

Posted: Fri, 6 May 2016 - 17:39

In Twin Lagoon Bay, Roberton Island in very calm conditions. Lovely to be back out in the Bay of Islands â there are too many yachties discussing weather forecasts and fretting about visa

Posted: Mon, 2 May 2016 - 10:29

Back on our mooring in Opua after a bouncy but fun sail up the coast yesterday. One huge rogue wave hit us and drenched the helmswoman but otherwise it was a very good trip.

Posted: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 - 20:53

In Admirals Bay, Whangaruru after a very entertaining 12 hour, 74nm sail from Great Barrier. Wind just aft of the beam and 25-28 kts at first, moving astern and moderating during the day to allow us

Posted: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 - 12:44

Anchored in Smokehouse Bay in Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island after a good sail up the west coast - a bit chilly, though, so we're looking forward to returning to the Tropics! Smokehouse Bay is

Posted: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 - 18:56

Anchored in Shoal Bay, Tryphena Harbour, Great Barrier Island after a gentle downwind sail - two periods of Parasailing interspersed with motoring. We arrived at 15.00 and rowed ashore to explore

Posted: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 - 17:12

Beautiful day with flat calm seas to motor round from Oneroa to Man o' War Bay for an awesome wine tasting and platter lunch in the garden. Two key moments of the day featured the launch of Dingy

Posted: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 - 21:02

A very entertaining sail out from Auckland in 30 knots of wind - perfect conditions for our niece Laura to remember her helming skills. She's joined Maunie to sail up to Vanuatu in May. Anchored off

Posted: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 - 19:18

Anchored in Oneroa Bay, Waiheke Island, after a couple of nights in Fairway Bay marina (and a great evening with Kerry & Damian aboard Sel Citron). We'll stay around Waiheke over the weekend and then

Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 - 19:08

A cracking day which began at 04.00 when we weighed anchor from Urupukapuka Bay to take advantage of the NWerly. Sadly it never quite managed to reach the forecasted 15 knots but we grabbed every

Posted: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 - 16:11

On the mooring and it's a particularly wet kind of day. So we're studying charts and planning the trip to Vanuatu... More immediately, we're heading south towards Auckland for a couple of weeks -

Posted: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 - 17:55

Three relaxing nights anchored here in bright sunshine, calm winds and flat water (except for when the tourist trip boats go past with their stories over the PA systems). A verdant and bird-song

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