ahh this is better. seas are not as confused and we have a slow rolling swell of about a metre. Great excitement on board yesterday afternoon when a pod of dolphins played on our bow - have never seen them so far out as this. The wind has died and although more comfortable on board we have slowed down - oh well....
We are from New Zealand and have enjoyed sailing around the Hauraki Gulf and the Bay of Islands. We sailed the South Pacific Islands in May 2011, our first offshore trip on our 34 ft Van DER Stadt. [...] Our journey took us to Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, before returning to Auckland in November 2011. In May 2013 we headed to Fiji for 4 months before a job opportunity presented for Neil in London. We sold our Van der Stadt in New Zealand and bought a Hanse 400 in the UK, and sailed her back to New Zealand during 2016 and 2017 - a tremendous experience!