Voyaging with Annie Hill

I’ve been in New Zealand since 2010, firstly in South Island, and since 2012 in Northland, a beautiful and varied cruising ground. In 2015, I started building a new boat better suited to my requirements than “Fantail”, to see me through my dotage. After over 5 years’ solid work, “FanShi” was launched. She’s my perfect boat, worth all the effort I put in to her. While we could go offshore, I find I’m very happy here – for the moment. Maybe my blog should now be called “Pottering with Annie Hill”!

14 August, 2007

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YANGTSE RIVER DOLPHIN Lipotes vexillifer There is a small family of cetaceans known as Platanistidae. They are known, in English, as...
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18 March, 2007

Galapagos to New Zealand

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Aboard Iron Bark Orongo Bay (35° 17' S, 174° 08' E) Bay of Islands Northland New Zealand 17 February 2007 We arrived in New Zealand ...
17 March, 2007

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For me, the highlight of the Galápagos was the wildlife. From the moment we arrived, the animals were a delight. In Wreck Bay, friendly sea ...
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16 March, 2007

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I also loved the marine iguanas, which Darwin, with typical Victorian prejudice, likened to ‘imps of Satan’. These are remarkable animals: t...
15 March, 2007

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Ron and Kathy had told us about a day out that we could take from Villamil, where a truck drove you up to the volcano and stopped at a place...
14 March, 2007

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The ride was a delight and as we came to the rim of the volcano, the view was incredible. This crater is apparently the second largest in th...
13 March, 2007

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When we got down to Villamil, we went to visit the tortoise sanctuary. A winding boardwalk took us through a mangrove swamp where shocking p...
12 March, 2007

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As we approached the Îles Gambier lagoon on the morning of 11 June, the wind picked up to about F5 and headed us. The breaking waves distort...
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11 March, 2007

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The culture of black pearls is now a major industry in French Polynesia. Mangareva, being a long way south, has cooler water and apparently ...
10 March, 2007

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We very much wanted to explore some of the other islands in the archipelago, but being so far south, we were no longer truly in the Trade Wi...
09 March, 2007

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We decided to make for the atoll of Tahanea: it has a wide and easy pass, was more or less on our way to the Society Is and was uninhabited,...
08 March, 2007

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Although I’d expected Tahiti to be a disappointment, I’d always wanted to go there and see it for myself. It has an aura, a romance, that wo...
07 March, 2007

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After a quick look round Papeete, we sailed for Moorea, where they spend much of their holiday. This was my favourite island, spectacularly ...
06 March, 2007

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Trevor had warned me that the anchorage is as bad as any in the Tuamotus and just before we left Bora Bora, we’d heard of yachts having a dr...
05 March, 2007

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Clearing in was wonderfully casual. John and Veronica were going out fishing: ‘so come over later and we’ll sort it out. Or tomorrow, if you...
04 March, 2007

Apia, Samoa

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After 4 days and the usual night spent hove to waiting for dawn, we sailed into Apia (13° 49'S, 171° 45'W) on 7 September. ...
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03 March, 2007

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We knew most of the boats at anchor and were soon given the lowdown on procedure. Call ‘Laura’ on the VHF and she will contact Customs and I...
02 March, 2007

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We left Niuatoputapu for Vava‘u on 2 October, in company with Zeferin and Kika. We all had to wait for 4 hours to clear out, the ladies bei...
01 March, 2007

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North Minerva is an almost perfectly circular atoll surrounding a lagoon that is rarely more 60 ft deep, with coral heads dotted about over ...
28 February, 2007

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Since then we have been based in and around the Bay of Islands and New Zealand is a new chapter. I very much wanted to spend time with frien...
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