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 December, 2015

The SibLim Club

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As you can imagine, building a boat is a pretty time-consuming operation, so that I don't have much opportunity for blogging.  However...
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03 November, 2015

Why Fantail won't be at this year's Tall Ships Regatta

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A couple of days ago, this flyer came in the post: For all the junkies in NZ,  the Tall Ships Regatta has become part of our life a...
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06 September, 2015

'Mariposa' needs to go sailing!

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My last post was about the difficulty of finding a junk-rigged boat when you wnat one.  This one is about the fact that there is a beautiful...
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29 June, 2015

Where can I buy a junk-rigged boat?

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I recently had a comment from someone called James, in USA.  He asked "Where do I start looking for a small boat that is junk-rigged in...
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19 April, 2015

A Better Choice

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To those who aren't used to boats, it might seem odd to the point of unpleasant, that when two or more boat owners get together, sooner...
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12 April, 2015

Another junket - and Tall Ships Regatta

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With a New Year comes the anticipation of another Russell Boating Club Tall Ships Regatta, and once again a number of junkies had decide...
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15 January, 2015

The Year Comes To An End

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( Please excuse the formatting: I tried for hours, but Blogger just isn't cooperating with me today.)   Well, eve...
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16 December, 2014

A fine start to the season

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I decided to spend the winter with Fantail hauled out this year.  There were a variety of reasons for this: some of them worked out, som...
02 September, 2014

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As soon as I arrived in New Zealand, I felt that I had come home, and this is probably why I have so little temptation to leave.  I can'...
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28 August, 2014

Anchoring under sail

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There has been a little bit on the JRA Website about anchoring under sail. My good friend Zan on Demara ,  made a video, which concluded ...
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16 August, 2014

The other thing I said I'd never do

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I have never been interested in doing deliveries because if someone doesn’t want to sail their own boat it’s general...
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