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| Richard’s house |
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| Richard in Leith |
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| Royal Yacht |
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| Jimmy Cornell |
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| Gina |
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| Edinburgh Castle |
Sally and Simon left Scotland in 2015 on board Shimshal to begin a slow circumnavigation taking in various high latitude destinations. After 3 seasons in Greenland we sailed south to northern Newfoundland. In 2019 we cruised the Canadian Maritimes. In 2022 & 23 we cruised via New England, Chesapeake, Florida, Cuba, Cayman, Providencia to Bocas del Toro. In late 2023 we began a 2 year crossing of the Pacific arriving in New Zealand in October 2025.
Monday, 20 April 2026
A figure of 8 in NZ’s South Island
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| Mark & Kerry Bryan |
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| Royal Albatross |
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| Royal Albatross |
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| Nugget Point |
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| Mirror Falls, Catlins |
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| Catlins |
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| Cathedral Caves, Catlins. |
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| Arrowtown |
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| Arrowtown |
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| Lake Hayes |
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| Otago |
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| Twizel |
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| Mt Cook |
Monday, 30 March 2026
Lots of visits with friends in the South Island KI
 We flew down to Christchurch where Rod picked us up and introduced us to his campervan which he has kindly lent us until Easter. Our day wandering around Christchurch was quite nostalgic with a visit to 22 Cashel Street and a stroll around Hagley Park. Once Tuesday we drove out to Akaroa to escape an ex-tropical cyclone. Then we braved the north easterlies with an overnight stop in Kaikoura. In Picton we hooked up with Mark and Sue Hoyle who moved to Picton 7 years ago. Great to catch up with old Argyll friends. From Picton to Nelson and lunch with Warren & Leonie - veterans from our K98 trip. By chance we also came scrambling as Lance Jennings as and his wife on their mountain bikes. Lance too had been with Ims’s in Nepal 26 years ago. For supper we had a dinner date with Tom & Vicky Jackson who are the OCC Port Officers and are CCA Bluewater Medal winners. Today we are in beautiful Nelson Lakes bound for Te Kinga tomorrow. |
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| Mark & Sue |
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| Picton |
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| Warren, Lance, Sally, Simon & Leonie |
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| Lake Rotoiti |
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