People of the Salt Water

Picture shows us with John and Janine celebrating our reunion!

More pics can be seen in Google Pics; https://goo.gl/photos/EgUFq9LKsbyPErL48

Jan and John met us at Auckland Airport, ..and how wonderful it was to see them again! We met whilst overwintering in Finike, Turkey, then again in Sicily.
They’d visited us in Modbury in 2015 which was the last time we’d seen them so lots to catch up on!

We drove up to their home in Whangarei and spent a lovely week reminiscing, sightseeing, celebrating and discussing respective future plans. They were great hosts and took us around the local Marinas, Bays and inlets – as yachties do!

The Bay of Islands to the north is particularly beautiful; and appealing to us cruisers - lots of safe sheltered anchorages in clean blue waters, with the fabulous backdrop of vibrant green hills and distant mountains.

The woods and forests are alive with cicada’s and tropical birdsong that reminded us of the rainforest in Suriname.

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Vessel Name:	Quilcene
Vessel Make/Model:	Bowman 40
Hailing Port:	Plymouth, UK
Crew:	Kit and Belinda
About:	In our previous lives, Belinda worked as a marine biologist at the MBA Plymouth and Kit was a surveyor for a marine civil engineering company. Over the years we had sailed the south west of England and northern France. [...] More
Extra:	Quilcene, a Bowman 40, is a masthead cutter designed by Chuck Paine and built in 1991. The name is an American Indian word meaning 'People of the Salt Water', which we feel suits us very well. Quilcene is also a town on the West coast of the USA near Seattle.