Blue Hound - April 2022 - a time for change

April 2022 - a time for change

Blue Hound

Phil Marks & Rosy Jensen

Fri 22 Apr 2022 01:54

We'd sailed up to Manganui and back during the season and were now waiting for borders to open up. NZ is a traditional haven for ocean sailors during the austral cyclone season and now sailors were starting to move on after 2 years of lockdown.

Having been vaccinated courtesy of the NZ government, and with countries beginning to lift their Covid restrictions plans could at last be made.

In April we lifted out the boat in Opua, scrubbed the bottom and did all the usual prep work ready for sailing to Australia. Time moved quickly and it was soon time to say our sad farewells to NZ and our new friends.

Blog Entries

2023

May 2023

Sat 20 May 08:54
- Clarence River 2/2
Thu 4 May 08:52
- Clarence River 1/2

Apr 2023

Thu 20 Apr 03:37
- Fitzroy River and Rockhampton
Thu 13 Apr 03:33
- Islands Townsville Islands

Mar 2023

Thu 23 Mar 03:27
- Adolphus Island to Port Douglas

2022

Dec 2022

Sun 25 Dec 03:21
- Tual December
Mon 12 Dec 03:47
- Seram and back to Tual
Wed 7 Dec 03:41
- Selat Adi - Yachtmaster Master Class 6th December onwards
Thu 1 Dec 03:38
- Kaimana

Nov 2022

Sat 26 Nov 03:32
- Lobo
Thu 24 Nov 03:30
- Triton Bay Anchorages
Mon 21 Nov 07:25
- Tual, Kai Islands in Photos.
Wed 16 Nov 08:14
- A Week in Saumlaki Yamdena Island
Fri 4 Nov 08:01
- Darwin to Saumlaki, Indonesia, 1-4 November 2022
Tue 1 Nov 10:25
- Darwin 2022

Oct 2022

Sun 2 Oct 01:12
- Darwin and Cullen Bay Marina
Sat 1 Oct 09:58
- Thursday Island to Darwin

Sep 2022

Mon 19 Sep 09:53
- Thursday and Horn Island
Fri 16 Sep 08:44
- Cooktown to Torres Strait
Wed 7 Sep 08:30
- 31st August - 7th September 2022 Cairns to Cooktown

Aug 2022

Mon 29 Aug 21:09
- 29 August - Mourilyan
Sat 27 Aug 20:58
- 27th August – Lucinda/Hinchinbrook Channel/Cardwe ll
Tue 23 Aug 20:50
- 23rd August Townsville
Fri 19 Aug 20:41
- Bowen
Wed 17 Aug 20:40
- 17th August Airlie Beach Whitsunday
Sat 13 Aug 00:00
- August 13th - The trek north begins

May 2022

Sun 15 May 21:05
- May 2022: Australia calls, but the Tasman Sea - Again?

Apr 2022

Fri 22 Apr 01:54
- April 2022 - a time for change

Mar 2022

Thu 31 Mar 01:44
- Jan 2022 and the southern autumn approaches

2021

Dec 2021

Fri 31 Dec 21:11
- January – December 2021 Our Happy (hippy) Year in New Zealand #5

Aug 2021

Tue 31 Aug 21:02
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #4 35:11.67S 174:02.04E

May 2021

Mon 31 May 20:44
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #3

Mar 2021

Wed 31 Mar 20:43
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #2

Jan 2021

Fri 1 Jan 20:39
- January – December 2021 Our Happy Year in New Zealand #1

2020

Nov 2020

Sun 1 Nov 10:02
- October - December 2020 Covid Influence and Opua 35:19S 174:07E

Sep 2020

Wed 30 Sep 06:59
- Opua, Bay of Islands, 35:18.76S 174:07.57E

Jul 2020

Tue 7 Jul 07:59
- Whanga Here, Whanga There, Whanga Whanga Everywhere (now at 35:44.38S 174:20.24E)

Jun 2020

Fri 5 Jun 06:35
- Island Hopping - now at Oneroa Bay, Waiheke 36:46.65S 175.00.87E

May 2020

Mon 25 May 00:20
- To Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty, North Island 37:37.0S 176:24.6E
Tue 12 May 01:03
- Day 48 of Lockdown, Queen Charlotte Sound

Apr 2020

Mon 20 Apr 05:20
- Day 26/28 of Lockdown, Kumutoto Bay, 41:12.37S 174:04.17E
Mon 6 Apr 08:01
- Day 12/28 of Isolation, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. 41:13.67S 173:57.96E

Mar 2020

Fri 27 Mar 08:13
- Catchup: Isolation and Some Wildlife (current location 41:13.4S 174:01.3E )
Fri 20 Mar 06:52
- Tasman Sea and Nelson NZ 41:16.1S 174:01.3E
Tue 10 Mar 21:41
- Tasman Sea Completed 40:55.1S 173:25.1E
Mon 9 Mar 04:28
- NZ Waters Approach
Fri 6 Mar 23:06
- Tasman Sea Update 39:07.8S 167:45.0E as at 23:00 UTC Fri 6 March
Tue 3 Mar 22:30
- Good Progress 40:05.0S 164:00.0E as at 22:00 UTC Tue 2 March
Sun 1 Mar 23:05
- Position Update 39:20.0S 157:16E

Feb 2020

Sat 29 Feb 02:19
- Departed Australia
Tue 18 Feb 09:36
- Back in Rose Bay and Farewell Sydney

Jan 2020

Fri 17 Jan 00:29
- New Year's Eve from Rose Bay, Sydney Harbour 33:51.9S 151:15.8E

2019

Dec 2019

Wed 18 Dec 08:22
- Update from Booker Bay, 33:30.57S 151:20.87E

Sep 2019

Sun 1 Sep 08:55
- Tonga Photos - at Last!

Aug 2019

Fri 30 Aug 22:29
- Australia Arrival
Sat 24 Aug 00:30
- Another change to our plans 23:41.0S 162:12.0E 23 August 2019
Tue 13 Aug 03:43
- Lost! - A day in the life
Thu 8 Aug 08:20
- Tonga: Neiafu on Vava'u 18:39.1S 173:59.2W

Jul 2019

Wed 31 Jul 00:16
- Niue Pics
Tue 30 Jul 20:32
- A week in Niue 19:03.0S 169:55.5W
Fri 26 Jul 05:37
- Bora Bora photos
Thu 25 Jul 06:45
- Bora Bora 16:30.1S 151:45.3W
- Tahaa - Just a position report 16:38.6S 151:39.9W
Sat 13 Jul 17:02
Tue 9 Jul 19:29
- Bumpy overnight Moorea to Huahine
Mon 1 Jul 02:17
- Tahiti to Moorea 17:30.0S 149:49.2W
- Tahiti - Papeete

Jun 2019

Tue 25 Jun 03:05
- Tahiti - Punnaia Anchorage 17:34.91S 149:36.7W
Sun 16 Jun 20:04
- Tahiti - Saturday Night Action...
Thu 6 Jun 17:15
- Yes we're in Tahiti (Port Phaeton) 17:44.22S 149:19.7W but...

May 2019

Sat 25 May 17:06
- Raivavae, the Austral Islands 23:52.00S 147:41.00W
Sat 18 May 11:13
- Gambier Islands
Sat 4 May 20:50
- The Gambier Islands 23:07.0S 135:00.0W
- Abandoned Pitcairn & Anchored Mangareva 23:07.0S 134:58.0W

Apr 2019

Thu 25 Apr 22:23
- Still sailing towards Pitcairn 19:19.8S 120:01.1W
Sat 20 Apr 23:37
- Halfway to Pitcairn 13:00.0 S 110:00.0W
Wed 17 Apr 00:55
- On passage towards Pitcairn Islands
Tue 9 Apr 13:09
- Puerto Villamil, Isabela. 0:57.87S 90:57.8W
- Galapagos - Isabela
Fri 5 Apr 01:07

Mar 2019

Mon 25 Mar 22:38
Mon 18 Mar 21:41
- More than Half Way to the Galapagos 2:19.7N 84:19.6W
Thu 7 Mar 22:34
- Los Viveros
Mon 4 Mar 17:06
- Contadora, Las Perlas, Panama 8:37.33N 79:01.9W
- 8:56.3N 79:33.5W

Feb 2019

Thu 21 Feb 01:44
- 9:22.0N 79:57.0W
Sun 17 Feb 15:01
- 11:14.22N 74:13.15W
Sun 10 Feb 15:24
- Santa Marta, Colombia, Sunday 10th Feb 2019.

Jan 2019

Mon 7 Jan 18:50
- An old pic to set the scene