It's less than 3 months to go before we untie the docklines on our marina berth, and move out for 7 months.

How did we get here from our last post?

Well, as our friends will know, we spent the few years since our last post looking after our ageing fur kids. That meant being pretty much stuck in the marina. I won't go into details, but anyone who's looked after ageing loved ones will know it's not nice watching them come to their inevitable end. Twink and Pip left us in September last year but will always remain in our thoughts and hearts 💕


So, no more excuses, no more delays - time to get on with our cruising plans.

Since we've been living on board and doing things on the boat for about 4 years, we've done most things we wanted to do to get the boat ready. We're down to the stuff we had to leave until now - servicing life raft and other safety stuff, plus what seems like a hundred little jobs to turn our floating apartment back into a boat.

We've been out and about lots (& should have started up this blog again before now) exploring the Hauraki Gulf - Waiheke, Rakino, the Noises, Kawau, Great Barrier & more.

The weather has not been great so far this summer, so we've been happily in dock working on the boat until the summer weather finally arrives, and then we can head out and make the most of it. Hopefully school with be back in by then too! 😆😈

We plan to keep writing these posts on a more regular basis, so look forward to more drivel from us soon! 😋😉