S/V Rutea Sails Around the World

Charlie the Tank Tester   Now that we’ve been in Whangarei for almost two months, one of the most impressive things I’ve noticed is not ju...

Town Basin Marina - Whangarei Photo by Yuka Morino The big news on Rutea is the arrival of our new Strida folding bicycles.  We received t...

By now the previous nine thousand miles are seeming like a bit of a dream. It helps me to look at our photos to remember what an incredible...

Rutea Tied to the Long Dock at Marina Whangarei It was over two weeks ago that we motored twelve miles up the Hatea River to Rutea's ...

Hiking On Urupukapuka Island Before we even left the tropics, we had decided to spend a week in Opua and then head on down to Whangarei.  B...

Top of Mt. Bledisloe With our friend, Bob, eager to try out the used Nissan he just bought, we headed north out of Opua, past Paihia and to...

The observant reader of this blog may notice the addition of the picture of the two dolphins playing in Rutea's bow wake.  This is actua...