Sailing wit friends

We've had a lovely weekend sail with our friends Colin and Ana aboard - we took them off Ithaka and away from their long list of boat-preparation jobs to sail up the coast to Fairway Bay for a bit of a leaving party for them aboard Kiapa, along with Kerry and Damian from Sel Citron.

Beating back into Auckland on Sunday

Colin and Ana enjoying the sailing on Maunie - in a week or so they'll be heading off on the 5,000 nm voyage to Chile

We're about to set sail again, for a few days around the Hauraki Gulf just outside Auckland. Our friends Barbara and Steve and daughter Amy arrived safely from mid-Wales yesterday and are getting over their jet-lag so are looking forward to some summer sailing. It's lovely to have them aboard.