Travel

Noon Report: Location: S 43° 55.20′, E 152° 41.83′ Speed: 14.4 knots Course: 276º Weather: Overcast Wind: NE 12 knots Air Temp: 60º This is the 4th day of a 4 day crossing from Wellington, NZ to Hobart, Tasmania (counting the ‘scenic sailing’ day as a sea day since we didn’t set foot on dry […]

Noon Report: Location: S 44° 15.80′, E 161° 46.80′ Speed: 15.0 knots Couse: 276º The serious rockin’ and rollin’ continues. Big swells are typical for this part of the world and the ocean isn’t disappointing in that regard. Out on deck this morning I stoped a number of times to try to capture some of

Noon Report: Position: S 45° 17.37′, E 166° 52.82′ Speed: 11.5 knots Course: 315º Note, the noon report is a bit strange today (slow speed, strange course) because we were in the process of exiting the Doubtful Strait (named by James Cook) at that point. It was an interesting night – rockin’, rollin’, pitchin’, bangin’

Noon Report: Location: S 41° 41.77′, E 170° 52.85′ Speed: 15.4 Knots Course: 221º This morning the wind was so fierce out on deck 2 that I started doing my laps inside. Sorry, it’s just too sedate. So as soon as I saw that other people were fool enough to brave the wind and ocean

Noon Report: Position: S 41° 16.14′, E 174° 47.23′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored First, I have added one more video to the WC044 – Tauranga post. This is a ‘stick dance’ (I don’t know what they really call it but you’ll get the picture) performed by the high school team. Check it out – it’s

Here are all of our art deco building photos from Napier NZ. Enjoy, R

Noon Report: Position: S 39° 28.46′, E 176° 55.04′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored Because we were still at sea (not arriving until noonish) there was a 9:30 forum with our Resident Historian: “Maori Symbols and Meanings”. She reviewed symbols seen in Maori architecture, and jewelry drawing comparisons to symbolism in European architecture, use of color,

Noon report Position: S 37° 38.72′, E 176° 10.92′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored We had an early excursion this morning so we slept in and skipped the morning walk. (It was either that or get up early, as if.) We gathered in the Theatre at 8:30 and waited for our group to be called. Then

Noon Report: Position: S 36° 50.54′, E 174° 46.11′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored This morning I tried something different – 4 miles on the waterfront. I started heading a mile south going as far as one of the many marinas around town: Returning to the ship I proceed a mile north to the container port:

Noon Report: Position: S 36º 50′ – E 174º 46′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored Late start this morning – We had no fixed agenda items until 6:30 so our plan was to knock around Aukland in the morning and head to the museum in the afternoon. The first task was to find a replacement for