Mirabilis

Mirabilis is a 43ft steel Finot sloop owned by Mike and Danica Stent. Mirabilis joined the family in 2010. We spent ten years living aboard with the Marlborough Sounds as our main playground. We've done a few bigger trips to Rakiura, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This season we are back on the water again and sailing with our two boys (Arlo and Coen) around the Fiji islands. Home port is Mana, NZ. Mirabilis is named after the nudibranch Jason mirabilis. Nudibranchs are rad.

Posted: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 - 07:01

First night at sea over with, nobody sea sick or even a thought of it which is good. The Cook was pretty tame though with a nice Northerly blowing around 20 to 25 knots which allowed for a gentle

Posted: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 - 00:30

We've cast off. Heading from Wellington to Stewart Island, a distance of some 500 miles as the crow flies. It took one month of of full time boat chores - that we seemed to have saved up over the

Posted: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 - 13:02

<p>Spent yesterday at Blue Lagoon and snorkelled with huge schools of sergeant fish which congregate here as they are regularly fed by the locals. Now on the move down to the southern end of Waya.</p>

Posted: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 - 16:00

On the move to swim with manta rays!

Posted: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 - 13:51

Having hit Fiji for the next two weeks on the yacht Distracted. We have stocked up and are about to leave the Marina at Denerau, Fiji. Heading up north.

Distracted - the Yacht we are crewing on.

Posted: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 - 22:18

Splash! Over two months ago we hauled out for "three weeks" to give Mirabilis a long-awaited paint job. The kind where we go all the way back to bare steel and start again. Well it took a little

Posted: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 - 20:04

First official post using the new chrome app for YIT. We have moved! We are currently hauled out at Evans Bay boat yard doing some very long overdue painting. I think Chaffers Marina were secretly

Posted: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 - 13:08

thought we had better belatedly update to assure you we made it home to Wellington after another wonderful few days in the Sounds including walks all over Blumine Island (a predator free island with

Posted: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 - 00:00

Day trip to Ngawhakawhiti Bay, the spot that won out hearts last time we were here three years ago. Nothing but native forest in every direction and we had the whole place to ourselves for the most

Posted: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 - 00:00

Left D'Urville behind and headed to World's End, our favourite part of the Sounds where we are surrounded by virgin native forest. DOC do lots of pest control here too so the birdsong is amazing. We

Posted: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 - 00:00

Moved in to Duncan Bay to be closer to the boat ramp for coming and going with family. Still a beautiful spot to anchor, just didn't have this one all to ourselves. We can think of worse places to

Posted: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 - 00:00

Catherin's Cove storm!!! We don't have the cruising guide on board for the sounds and thus were only guessing where a descent anchorage was for the strong NW winds forecast. Turns out the anchorage

Posted: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 - 19:23

thought we would depart captain cooks departure bay and head sw to catherines cove in very gusty nw winds. as we came around the point we got hit with 48knots of wind which almost stopped us, turned

Posted: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 - 21:35

d'oh forgot the east on the position!!!! wind went west but in the sounds that means southwest and just as we were about to go to bed swell and wind hit us and made for a shit nights sleep so we

Posted: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 - 00:00

Sorry about the tech difficulties, internet, site and me having minor issues :( arrived puangiangi island in the rangitoto islands just east of d'urville. we circumnavigated the island

Posted: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 - 00:00

arrived camp bay just opposite catherine's cove on d'urville. gusty southerly winds so stayed in the shelter of this bay for two nights. trip out of the harbour was slow into the 30knots of southerly

Posted: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 - 00:00

left wellington for d'urville island at 9:30pm.

Posted: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 - 14:26

experienced new zealand's worst storm in fifty years on thursday night with a record of 80 knot winds through our marina. marina suffered a bit of damage and lots of work coming up for the canvas

Posted: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 - 00:00

good sailing through afternoon yesterday but dropped off overnight and was solely on motor from midnight. finally entered in through the heads of the bay of islands mid morning and greeted by a

Posted: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 - 00:00

strong winds and big seas early yesterday afternoon (including the odd wave washing right over the solar panels!). wind dropped back a bit to more comfortable strong breezes by evening but big seas

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