25 February 2024 | We are back in Gainesville, FL: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 February 2024 | We are in Glenwood, New Mexico: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
12 February 2024 | We are in Morro Bay, California: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 January 2024 | We are in Vancouver, BC Canada: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
01 January 2024 | We are in Washington State: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
15 December 2023 | We are in Minnesota: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
18 November 2023 | We are in Florida: Tregoning is in Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
29 October 2023 | We're in Florida - Tregoning is at B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
21 October 2023 | 7 Oda Kapadokya Cave Hotel, Ürgüp, Türkiye
14 October 2023 | Hotel Aşikoğlu, Boğazkale, Türkiye
07 October 2023 | B-dock, Mersin Marina, Mersin, Türkiye
19 September 2023 | “Chez Jon & Angela”, Near Otterton, Devon, UK
14 September 2023 | Airbnb in Fortuneswell on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
11 September 2023 | With Mike, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, UK
03 September 2023 | Ardington House, Ardington, Oxfordshire, UK
24 August 2023 | Near "Chez Joan and Peter", College of Roseisle, Moray, Scotland
11 August 2023 | Andrew's house (not exactly), Lichfield, UK
22 July 2023 | Chez Gail, near the New York Café, Budapest, Hungary
17 July 2023 | Piata Uniri Cozy Inn, Bucharest, Romania
14 July 2023 | Hotel Favorit, Sofia, Bulgaria
Arriving in a Regatta
03 April 2017 | Te Haruhi Bay, Whangaparaoa Peninsula, New Zealand
Photo: Dinghies sailing off the beach at Te Haruhi Bay
After the unfortunate drama of our arrival at Mahurangi Harbour (a prime example of "Cruiser-TV" for anyone watching aboard another boat), we were able to enjoy two very peaceful nights in the anchorage. This was followed on Sunday (April 2nd) by a relaxing downwind sail in a 10 knot NE breeze using only our large jib to take us southeast across Whangaparaoa Bay, south between Whangaparaoa Peninsula and Tiritiri Matangi, and gybing west on the south side of the Peninsula. Although most of this four-hour passage was in sunshine, a marine-layer of grey, misty, drizzle hung over Tiritiri Matangi and points east.
Part of the Shakespear Regional Park on the headland off Te Haruhi Bay
On rounding the east end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula which is covered by the Shakespear Regional Park, we were confronted with at least 30 dinghies sailing around a race course marked by large floats. Avoiding getting caught-up in their races, we anchored, along with several other boats, off the sandy beach of Te Haruhi Bay, only to realize that we were between the dinghies and their trailers that were all lined-up on the sand. It was a regatta for the Sea Scouts and judging by the tops of the large tents we could see poking up through the trees, they had been camping and sailing all weekend. When the races were finished, it was fun to watch the dinghies being sailed up to the beach and loaded on the trailers. By the evening, the anchorage was empty, the tents and trailers were gone, and there was no sign that more than 100 children and many supervising adults had been bustling around on the sand all afternoon.
Dinghies racing in Te Haruhi Bay