Sail Journey

Happy one-year anniversary to this column! This is our 12th edition in Boating New Zealand, writing of our family’s adventures on sailing…

This column marks the second sail of our 2022 spring-summer season, which we undertook in September. It was not without its challenges!

I am retrospectively writing this article as we depart Gulf Harbour Marina for our second sail of the season. Fair sailing conditions are…

Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summer season, is yet to happen. I have managed to get myself…

After our first overnight trip away on S.V. Sauvage in 2020, we knew we had to replace the original fridge and freezer.

On land it is easy to forget about power and often we (particularly our teenagers) aren’t concerned about leaving lights on in unoccupied…

It’s the first weekend in June, and I’m sitting on SV Sauvage writing this article at Gulf Harbour Marina. We had planned a return sail…

I’m writing this article during the 2022 April school holidays while anchored at Great Barrier Island, our newly favourite sailing…

In last month’s article, Chris shared his trials with the head on board SV Sauvage. The story now continues with the family’s Christmas…

Ignorance can be a blessing or a curse – or both if you’re learning to sail.

Where do you start a column about your first year owning and experiencing a sailing yacht? Do you start with your failed attempts to start…