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: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 - 09:58

Anchored in Matauwhi Bay close to the town of Russell. 35-40 knot NE winds plus heavy rain forecast for the next two days so we hope that the water will be a bit calmer here than on the mooring in

Posted: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 - 18:05

Arrived in Awaawaroa or Pipi Bay after a lovely hour's sail from Deep Water Cove. Sadly, visibility wasn't as good as we'd hoped to check out the dive site. Took advantage of sea breeze in the late

Posted: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 - 16:45

A spectacular sail out to Deep Water Cove in bonus winds as the sea breeze came in. The Cove is the site of HMNZS Canterbury, a popular dive spot so we're looking forward to looking down through the

Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 - 10:48

Back in the Bay of Islands after motor-sailing south yesterday in a rolly, 2m swell. Met two boats last seen in Fulaga en route - Domino (Jean-Pierre and Marie) and Oyaragh (Callum and Jess). Small

Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 - 19:11

Anchored off Milford Island / Wairopo Island in Whangaroa Harbour, a beautiful and well-sheltered spot. Fantastic spinnaker reaches from the Cavelli Islands in bright sunshine and 15 knot easterly

Posted: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 - 17:41

Anchored in Papatara Bay (aka Horseshoe Bay), Motukawanui Island in the Cavelli Islands after an excellent spinnaker run up the coast in bright sunshine. A beautiful, rugged bit of coastline.

Posted: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 - 08:45

Anchored off the Veronica Channel for a great bbq with Peter and Angela ashore last night. Heading north to the Cavelli Islands today in glorious sunshine.

Posted: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 - 11:51

Back on the mooring in Opua after a lovely overnight sail from Fairway Bay, Gulf Harbour, on Sunday. Here to get our aft fridge fixed, we hope, then the rugged coast north of here begs exploration.

Posted: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 - 08:53

After a very enjoyable month of city life in Auckland, we are back out sailing. Anchored out in Huruhi Bay off the village of Surfdale on Waiheke, just 100m from Citrus Tart (Steve & Michelle), last

Posted: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 - 12:02

Moved to our new temporary home at Pier 21 Marina, really close to the centre of Auckland. Ithaka is our next door neighbour with Obsession opposite; we've been given a warm welcome by all the other

Posted: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 - 19:12

An overnight stop in the little Fairway Bay Marina (35 boats) just next to the massive Gulf Harbour Marina (over 1000 boats!). Heading into Auckland tomorrow.

Posted: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 - 16:03

A good sail down the coast from Tutukaka, with a dolphin escort for 15 minutes. Anchored in North Cove, Kawau Island for the night. Very sheltered and the bay is ringed with small and large batches

Posted: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 - 16:03

Not anchored off Montevideo as the previous update suggested! An extra digit in the lat / long methinks!

Posted: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 - 16:03

Third time lucky? Hope the map will be right now....

Posted: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 - 06:28

At last our engine has been returned to health! Anchored out in Urapukapuka Bay with Kiapa, heading down to Tutakaka this morning. Spell-checker is confused.

Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 - 18:54

Arrived Opua at 16.20. Perfect timing â the wind blew us into the Bay of Islands, with up to 30 knots in some big rain squalls, then quit as we got close to the final approaches to Opua, leaving us

Posted: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 - 07:36

Ran out of fuel, to all intents and purposes, at 15.30 yesterday. A few litres left in the tank for final manoeuvres into Opua. So, hoisted the Parasailor spinnaker and ghosted along for a while then

Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 - 07:34

Continued motoring/ motor sailing south for NZ! 180 miles to Bay of Islands. ETA Opua Thursday late afternoon. With all this motoring we were seriously worried that weâd run out of diesel before

Posted: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 - 07:34

Wind dropped overnight so motoring towards 30 51s 173 59e then will turn south for NZ! Expect to be motoring all day then N wind kicking in tomorrow. 310 miles to Bay of Islands. All well aboard.

Posted: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 - 07:33

Delighted to sail for six hours yesterday pm before returning to motor sailing through the night. Frustrating that southerly wind and lumpy seas prevented us from achieving a more direct course to

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