Seaforth

Seaforth is a Laurie Davidson designed centre cockpit sloop. She was built in Whangarei and launched in 1988. Seaforth is a well-built yacht and will carry her crew this season (2018) to Tonga and Fiji with the Island Cruising rally before returning home to New Zealand in September.

Recent Updates

Posted: Thu, 18 May 2017 - 20:34

Ok, so it turns out that there's a little bit of a delay. A suspicious low pressure area and a bit of a squash zone means that we'll be departing maybe (maybe) on Sunday. At this stage, things are

Posted: Wed, 17 May 2017 - 08:59

So things are looking better weather wise for a departure, maybe on Friday (give the seas a chance to calm down a little). There's an old sailor's superstition about departing on a Friday but a) I'm

Posted: Thu, 11 May 2017 - 00:00

Sitting in Orokawa Bay, Bay of Islands sitting out the rain and wind and trying to see a suitable weather window for departure in the next week.

Posted: Mon, 8 May 2017 - 09:51

<p>stuck in Opua marina waiting for new autopilot and TC Donna to disapate.<br />
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Posted: Mon, 8 May 2017 - 00:00

Well, we're still waiting for a weather window. Cyclone Ella is having a go now and there's no point in departing NZ to get snotted by the remains of a cyclone. We got the autopilot fixed (new

Posted: Thu, 4 May 2017 - 19:46

TC Donna has caused us to re-evaluate the wisdom of departure on Saturday. Doesn't look like we'll get a decent window for departure for a while now ... maybe a week.

Posted: Tue, 2 May 2017 - 10:37

Good lord it's getting chilly! We're in pants, sweatshirts and woolly socks. The weather is looking good for a Saturday departure as planned. We're keeping an eye on a small depression north of

Posted: Mon, 1 May 2017 - 21:16

So tomorrow is the first briefing for the ICA fleet. We've all been watching the weather and it looks like Saturday will be good for departure. We should get a good kick out of NZ for the first 2

Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 - 13:54

The ICA Pacific Rally fleet is starting to assemble here in Opua. Boats are sporting battle flags, crews are introducing themselves and we're all starting to form friendships and sort ourselves out

Posted: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 - 16:16

Holed up in a quiet little bay waiting for the remains of TC Cook to come visiting. Should be OK here. Might get a bit boofty but we'll cope.

Posted: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 - 07:49

Anchored in Paradise Bay, Urupukapuka Is after overnight passage from Gulf Harbour. Not a bad sail, bit sloppy and at times we ran into big holes with little breeze. Average speed of 6.2 knots over

Posted: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 - 07:31

Finally, the rain has stopped for a bit. We're stowing gear and getting ready for tomorrow's Cat1 safety inspection.

Posted: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 - 14:38

Still working on the boat, trying to work out where everything can be stored and trying to get ready for a Category 1 safety inspection. We'll get it all squared away soon (I hope).

Posted: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 - 08:36

OK, so there's about 2 weeks to go now and there's still a list of things to do. It's not a long list, but there's still plenty of jobs to get done. Working hard and spending money like its going out

Posted: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 - 10:02

6 weeks to go until we head north and join the ICA rally bound for the South Pacific. A long list of things to do before then!!

Posted: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 - 10:15

At Gulf Harbour Marina

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