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”!

02 August, 2011

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Drying out wasn’t going to happen, so we decided instead, to go across and see some friends in St Peters. Their bush telegraph was obvi...
30 July, 2011

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We woke up to a perfect, if perfectly calm, morning. We left straight after breakfast, drifting out of the anchor and leisurely making ...

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We left today in very light winds, but sailed until we came to the St Andrews P assage to Canso. I've been dying to do this for yea...
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28 July, 2011

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This Eastern Shore is a truly delightful cruising ground. Thursday saw us sailing in very light breezes and wending our way among a...
21 July, 2011

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Unbelievably, we ran out of water last night. Trevor was convinced that somehow I had managed to get through 180 litres since we left...
20 July, 2011

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Today started off bright and sunny again – but no wind. Looking at the chart, a little anchorage called Malagash Cove looked very attra...
18 July, 2011

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Today was a really lovely one. We had beautiful weather and as soon as there was a breeze we l...
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17 July, 2011

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Saturday came in cool and wet, but we set off hoping to get beyond Halifax. There was the odd shower about and not a lot of wind, in sp...
16 July, 2011

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We left on a morning of thick fog: a yacht, Solana , that left at the same time was almost invisible, its white sails and white hull bl...
13 July, 2011

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Lunenburg is one of my favourite places and I’ve been there sufficiently often that I know my way around. I always enjoy that feeling...
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08 July, 2011

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My decision to have my own boat and live in New Zealand, rather than to carry on voyaging with Trevor, has added an extra la...
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16 June, 2011

The Transformation of "Joshua"

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Since that unhappy day when Badger sailed out of my life, I have missed sailing with junk rig.  I am, I suspect, the world’s lazi...
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