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For myself, the interesting thing is that North Port are only being charged about 30 times more than a casual Whangarei mooring holder ($3737 vs $117). The risk profile has to be massively higher given the number of vessel movements from outside the area. A local boat may never leave the immediate coast, but the port has potentially several of them arriving every day......

Fantastic video - epic journey. Well done guys

Wow - amazing!

There are some very slick tenders for that boat that have been built in Auckland.

Which one is that? BMW no longer part of Oracle.

Calling Beau to the red phone......

How many snapper do you need? Seven per person sounds like plenty to me.

Yep, I agree too

Stay - but it'd be good to hear from the skipper of ****** because I guess there is quite another side to the original tale. I race and I cruise, but in general I try to stay well clear from other boats. I can't afford the repairs or be bothered with the hassle.

Secured by a single rope ......... unfurled headsail .......... Some people should perhaps stick to simpler pursuits

Just to be consistent, shall we start some biased ramblings against custom built aluminium yachts and their poor quality now like we did with the Beneteau?

We really need crew.orgy in this discussion to give us the real, unbiased view on how we did......

plus GST and duty of course.

Can you expand on "proven sea time"? How does one prove this?

Crusader a bit off the pace from where I thought she would be?

If the $150 bill for the car repair was a bit of a set back, prepare yourself for a bit of a long haul here Ash......... Great photos, and fantastic project, I'm just glad it isn't me doing it.

As the others have said, do it in two days with a stop at either the Cavallis or just inside the Whangaroa entrance. Through the Cavalli Passage (ie inside the islands) is shorter and more scenic - the way through is relatively easy if you know how to read a chart or use a GPS. As you head further down on the second day, don't stick too close to shore as there are some rocks off the northern side of the Purerua Peninsula (in saying that you would need to be quite close in for them to give you any problems). There's plenty of water inside the ninepin rather than having to go around the outside.