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Simply Sailing

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Sailing the coast of Northland New Zealand, yacht design and the history of sailing and cruising. Comments on most things to do with voyaging under sail

• Added on: Jun 22nd, 2008
• Country: New Zealand
• Language: English

• Author: Alden
• Listed in: Sailing Outdoor Recreation
• Tags: sailing Cruising new zealand yacht yacht design history of sailing

Recent Posts

• Magnetic North

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 21:22

  These are some photographs of a January 2009 cruise to the Bay of Islands, I will add photos over time (it takes forever to upload photos).The trip took 2 days from Whangarei to the Bay Of Islands against Northerly winds with two other crew members.I...

• Summer Cruise Preparations

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 01:45

  Here is the good ship Mariner being lifted out so that she can be waterblasted and placed in a safe cradle ready to have antifouling paint applied under the waterline. She will be out of water for the next few days and then its back in and off up th...

• Never Underestimate a Bus Driver

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 23:19

  Parua Bay Whangarei New Zealand - Photo Alden Smith - Note the new jetty, the old one was destroyed by a number of yachts that either broke free of there moorings or dragged their huge mooring blocks in the last big storm here in Northland NZ.This n...

• The Americas Cup J - Class Boats

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 03:32

  During the 1930s J-class yachts were built to race in the America's Cup. Only 10 were ever built as they were extremely expensive to build and maintain, especially in the post war years. They succeeded the 1883 Seawanhaka Rules 75-footers of 1920 and...

• Boyhood Literature

  Posted on Sunday September 28th, 2008 at 04:39

  This copy of the American "Yachting" magazine was first read by my father three months before I was born - note the price - they are now about $15 - $20NZ. Pretty pricey really, especially if you are a boat fanatic like myself. If I was really obsess...

• Fantasy

  Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 03:22

  Yacht 'Fantasy' circa 1948 Lyttleton Harbour - Photo from private collectionThis is the yacht 'Fantasy' sailing on Lyttleton harbour not long after she was launched. She was designed by the English naval architect Harrison Butler. Harrison Butler de...

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