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Up the Creek: The Waikato River at Hamilton
Our Up the Creek adventure this month breaks all the rules. For a start, we’re not starting at the river mouth. And our ‘creek’ is the mighty Waikato, New Zealand’s longest river. To do this justice as an Up the Creek adventure would take an entire book – or two. So we’ll just do the bit through the city of Hamilton. A journey that can as easily be accomplished by bicycle along the riverside Te Awa Trail, if you have shipmates with this preference. We will launch at the Puketu boat ramp car park, just by the Waikato Equestrian Centre,...
The way of a waka
TAKING A PADDLE IN THE WORLD OF WAKA AMA Paddling waka ama is boating at its most basic. But maybe...
Aotearoa to starboard Part 2 – DOWN THE EAST COAST TO STEWART ISLAND
One of the advantages of a clockwise circumnavigation of New Zealand is that, for the most part, the trip down...
Cruising with the General
Recalling an inland delivery trip long ago in a land far away. The muddy brown creek marked the Florida–Georgia state...
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BOATING HISTORY
GEORGE DIBBERN; THE 1934 TRANSTASMAN RACE / Symbol of freedom
The moment they arrived in March 1934 George Dibbern and Te Rapunga were good news in Auckland. George seemed to...
GEORGE DIBBERN AND TE RAPUNGA – PART 1 / Exotic sails
“I WILL NOT HAVE THAT MAN IN MY HOUSE”, said my mother, with quite out-of-character emphasis. She was talking about...