Nzgrant 19 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Looks like the crew want to go down the West side of the North Island. My question is how far off Cape Reanga and North Cape should we be planning to be? Cruising mode not racing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,284 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I go outside 20m contour, inside pandora bank...but conditions dependent. South to where? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex TL systems 63 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 We went around the top to Wellington about 3 weeks ago probably 5 miles off and in pretty mild conditions. Spent one night anchored near parengarenga harbour and then left early with light sw winds dropping to calms. Ended up motoring from about ahipara to New Plymouth. A few days later we would have had good northerlies but we didn’t want to wait. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex TL systems 63 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 If you want to be bored you should find a couple of videos of the trip on YouTube look for wharram tiki 38 delivery but be warned its not flash Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nzgrant 19 Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Going sth to wellington initially and hopefully get down to stewart island Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 253 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Kaipara is worth a visit if you have the time and the swell is around 1m + - incoming tide is the go, The channel (maybe a K wide) and is around 4 miles + - to the North paralell to the beach between the outer sand bar and the beach just watch for "sweepers" on the way in, they come in 3's and are reasonably steep, turn into them and then go back on course after the 3rd one. Once you are past the initial sandy lumps at the start, they are generally breaking so they are quite visible for you to thread your way through, it is like a large river, we were doing 11 knots with the tide and wind. NZ charts have recently been updated. Whangape is interesting as well, a lot simpler than the Kaipara, keep to Stb once across the bar on the way in until you are in the "fiord" No 1 eyeball is important!! Call up Kaipara coastguard if you do come in, but remember to contact them once you are in, otherwise they are likely to get cross! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 If you want to be bored you should find a couple of videos of the trip on YouTube look for wharram tiki 38 delivery but be warned its not flash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0PlmVQ0n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxAeo5N-9s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wild violet 38 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Done that 5 times it is dead right,bit early to head to stewart island though most people leave it till Feb.january is usually bloody windy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rossd 16 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 If I can get myself organised I plan on going from Raglan over the top to the BOP this summer. Maybe no big thing for a lot of you guys but big for me. One thing I was thinking about was communications. looking at coastguard VHF coverage its non existent a lot of the way. But maritime NZ coverage looks really good, they must have powerful transmitters but often quite inland. They say it can be blocked by cliffs/hills if in close but out a bit OK most of the way. My wife will be at home and if she doesn't hear from me once a day starts to get silly. Mob phone would be pretty useless but if I did a TR with maritime NZ she could ring them although its not really their role I guess.I did see a Sat phone on Trade me for $500 but to operate it for a month would be $300 or something so that doesn't appeal. . So what is peoples experience with VHF for forecasts etc around the Top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,284 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Coastal coverage on VHF around NZ is awesome. You'll get contact on ch 16 within 10 miles of the coast almost everywhere, unless you are behind an island... Cellular though, has lots of holes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,692 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Check the new widgets that turn your mob ph into a satphone. Mine is garmin inreach. You can activate for one monthen turn it off.keeps costs down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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