Zepher - Sea and Land

Sea and Land

Zepher

Chris & Lyn Darch

Mon 15 Dec 2008 19:34

Zephyr under sail with genicker from Huahine to Riatah French Polynesia

Riataha island in the back ground , reef city man ..

De Bretts Spar pools in Talpo ... its as good as it looks

The hot pools vary from 32 deg C to 40 deg C

The Mission Vinyard in Napier

Another view from the rear , tea on the lawn is fab ..

Views from the rear of the vinyard

Views towards the coast from the Mision

The transport , our Hiace van ..Phil you would be proud of me ..

Our concert accomadation kindly provided by Morvin and Doug .. the weekend retreat ..

The view .. via a red hot poker ...

The rabble prior to departure .. Lyn and myself seated on our concert chairs, Gail just behind us .

The vinyard venue

The lady performing .. Sheryl Crow .. bought the house down ...

Thats all folks ..

The 1/2 crew ..

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Sun 7 Feb 21:50
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Sat 6 Feb 18:53
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Jan 2010

Sun 31 Jan 23:14
- Manawaora Bay
Sat 30 Jan 01:18
- Parekura Bay
- Urupukapuka Island
Wed 27 Jan 20:15
- Back to the Bay
Thu 21 Jan 01:25
- Tales of the expected
- The Road Trip North

2009

Dec 2009

Fri 25 Dec 05:45
- Yo Ho Ho
Wed 23 Dec 06:57
- Meery Crimbo
Fri 18 Dec 08:22
- Back to the Bay
Thu 3 Dec 05:48
- Santa in the sun

Nov 2009

Sat 28 Nov 06:17
- A Long Wait

Oct 2009

Mon 26 Oct 23:47
- Rescue Me
Thu 15 Oct 18:25
- One year on
Sat 3 Oct 18:44
- Tidal Waves

Sep 2009

Thu 24 Sep 05:50
- Refurb of Flats
Mon 14 Sep 19:51
- Spring Sun
Tue 8 Sep 18:50
- Update from 40 deg S

Aug 2009

Mon 31 Aug 20:00
- Spring down Under
Thu 27 Aug 13:56
- Shocker
Tue 11 Aug 19:44
- The last furlong
Thu 6 Aug 20:36
- North to South PIII
Wed 5 Aug 18:52
- North to South Pt II
- North to South Island Pt I

Jul 2009

Mon 20 Jul 10:13
- Holiday break
Fri 10 Jul 22:26
- News update from down under

Jun 2009

Thu 25 Jun 09:28
- Dust and Rubble
Fri 19 Jun 19:02
- Warm and Sunny
Tue 16 Jun 19:32
- Hobbiton
Sun 14 Jun 05:16
- Rip out
Mon 8 Jun 19:17
- Napier Art Deco Capital of the world famous in NZ
- Cold Front 2
Sat 6 Jun 05:36
- Cold Front

May 2009

Mon 18 May 02:04
- Big Splash
Sun 10 May 23:19
Thu 7 May 06:31
- Letter from Aoetearoa
Sat 2 May 05:19
- Thoughts from abroad

Apr 2009

Sat 25 Apr 05:14
- Foul Weather
Sat 18 Apr 06:04
- The Last Leg
Tue 7 Apr 05:27
- Photo Ashby's boat yard
Sun 5 Apr 03:52
- A tale of good weather

Mar 2009

Sat 28 Mar 19:59
- Leter from NZ 2
Sat 21 Mar 19:11
- Letter from New Zealand
Sun 15 Mar 01:07
- Back on the hard
Thu 5 Mar 20:42
- bay pics
Wed 4 Mar 19:24
- Back in Paradise
Sun 1 Mar 18:34
- Bay of Islands

Feb 2009

Mon 23 Feb 18:23
- Back in the Bay
Tue 17 Feb 19:50
- The long road back
Sat 7 Feb 22:50
- Whitangi WE
Sun 1 Feb 23:39
- Back Garden Makeover

Jan 2009

Mon 26 Jan 06:06
- Houses and horses
Wed 21 Jan 18:41
- Houses and huts
Sun 18 Jan 17:49
- Skull attack
Wed 14 Jan 18:19
- Kia Ora
Fri 9 Jan 19:22
- The great house hunt
Mon 5 Jan 01:21
- Doctors Drains Taps and Plumbers
Thu 1 Jan 18:16
- Happy New Year

2008

Dec 2008

Mon 29 Dec 18:07
- Midd Festive Break
Wed 24 Dec 22:10
- Blogamas Day
Sun 21 Dec 02:43
- Yule tide greetings form Down Under
Fri 19 Dec 19:08
- Yo Ho Dong
Wed 17 Dec 18:51
- Update
Mon 15 Dec 19:34
- Sea and Land
Sun 14 Dec 18:55
- Wellington a week on
Fri 12 Dec 17:45
- NZ pics
- Back to Welly
Wed 10 Dec 21:43
- Party time
Tue 9 Dec 17:53
- Wellington
Wed 3 Dec 07:45
- Long trail South
Mon 1 Dec 08:29
- Back in the Bay

Nov 2008

Sat 29 Nov 08:05
- Big Town
Tue 25 Nov 07:03
- Wild and Windy
Sun 23 Nov 07:51
- One Week on
Fri 21 Nov 14:11
- Last day's of sun
Tue 18 Nov 18:16
- Usless facts
Mon 17 Nov 09:51
- Load out
Sat 15 Nov 18:04
- The joys of being alongside at last
Fri 14 Nov 08:21
- Home at last
Mon 10 Nov 20:11
- Easy as she goes
Sun 9 Nov 23:01
- Swinging on a cloud burst
Sat 8 Nov 21:24
- Wrough rider
Fri 7 Nov 20:55
- Wind at last
Thu 6 Nov 22:12
- Another day on passage to home
Wed 5 Nov 20:29
- All in one day
Tue 4 Nov 20:25
- THE LAST PASSAGE

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 18:57
- The Last Dance
Wed 29 Oct 07:46
- The last anchorage
Mon 27 Oct 19:54
- Away again
Sun 26 Oct 22:06
- Goat Island
Sat 25 Oct 06:33
- Lazy Days
Fri 24 Oct 23:32
- Sandy Attols
Wed 22 Oct 22:34
- Lifuka Island
Tue 21 Oct 16:14
- Another Attoll
Mon 20 Oct 08:50
- Days to do are getting few
Sun 19 Oct 08:45
- Art Ark
Sat 18 Oct 09:21
- Moving on
Fri 17 Oct 11:27
- Coral gardens
Thu 16 Oct 09:36
- Marina cave
Tue 14 Oct 17:40
- Swallow caves
Mon 13 Oct 09:10
- Back to Anchor
Sun 12 Oct 16:06
- tonga vava'u
- tongan feast
- whale watching tonga
Fri 10 Oct 08:23
- Back to work
- Fw: Sunny days are here again
Mon 6 Oct 08:31
- Dive Dive
Sat 4 Oct 08:48
- Disapointment
Fri 3 Oct 08:09
- Whales

Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 07:52
- Happy Hr
Sat 27 Sep 22:41
- Wild night
Fri 26 Sep 23:15
- Tonga luvvley jubbley
Thu 25 Sep 21:57
- Paradise again
Wed 24 Sep 23:50
- Yesterday
- Tonga Yo
Tue 23 Sep 00:24
- Wet Wet Wet
Sun 21 Sep 21:07
- Lazy Jacks
- Weather & Food
Fri 19 Sep 21:35
- Early Morning Rise
Thu 18 Sep 23:15
- French Onion soup
Wed 17 Sep 23:14
- What wind
- Ode to Tonga
Mon 15 Sep 20:47
- Life in the tumble dryer
Sun 14 Sep 23:34
- Day one o Tonga
- Depart Bora Bora
Sat 13 Sep 10:38
- pics
- Bora Bora Black out
Thu 11 Sep 10:20
- Sore Bones
Wed 10 Sep 17:40
- Five Guys and a bitch
Sun 7 Sep 12:56
- Cannons
Fri 5 Sep 19:43
- Dinghy day
Thu 4 Sep 08:44
- Another day in Bora
Wed 3 Sep 20:29
- Gusty Bora Bora
Mon 1 Sep 07:39
- Nick Nick in Bora Bora

Aug 2008

Sun 31 Aug 16:54
Sat 30 Aug 14:20
- The First Trek
Fri 29 Aug 01:44
- Bora Bora and the doggies
Wed 27 Aug 21:04
Tue 26 Aug 21:28
- Position
Fri 22 Aug 22:37
Tue 19 Aug 22:55
- Baboons and Huahine
Mon 18 Aug 09:59
- moorea pics
Sun 17 Aug 06:24
- Good bye Moorea hello Huahine
Fri 15 Aug 21:00
- Last day in Moorea
Thu 14 Aug 22:47
Wed 13 Aug 04:29
- Moorea
Tue 12 Aug 05:43
- Moorea Cooks Bay
Mon 11 Aug 05:03
- Depart Tahiti - Arrive Moorea
Fri 8 Aug 06:11
- Lyn and the Lift
Thu 7 Aug 19:35
Tue 5 Aug 17:31
- Day Five and Six
Sun 3 Aug 18:48
- Tahiti Day 3 and 4
Fri 1 Aug 21:52
- A Day missed

Jul 2008

Wed 30 Jul 17:08
- Tahiti Day Two
Tue 29 Jul 03:25
- Arrival Tahiti
Sun 27 Jul 23:43
- Windless and wine less
Sat 26 Jul 23:38
- Depart for Tahiti
Fri 25 Jul 01:20
- Calms and Warm Rain
Wed 23 Jul 03:26
- Rain at last
- pics marquesas
Mon 21 Jul 19:44
Sun 20 Jul 06:39
- Pics
Sat 19 Jul 20:12
- A Rum punch
Wed 16 Jul 06:26
- Rangiroa
Mon 14 Jul 21:16
- Day four Slow slow
Sun 13 Jul 17:40
- Squalls and roller furlers
Sat 12 Jul 20:43
- Astro
Fri 11 Jul 21:27
- Day Two Nuke to Rang
Thu 10 Jul 19:03
- Day one Nuka Hiva to Tuamotos
- Happy Wednesday
Tue 8 Jul 17:59
- Up ad Over
Sun 6 Jul 21:49
- Rock pools
Fri 4 Jul 23:38
- Anaho Bay
Wed 2 Jul 22:02
- NoNos Bay
- Shark bay

Jun 2008

Mon 30 Jun 02:14
- Rain and wind uh
Sun 29 Jun 08:05
- More rock and roll
Sat 28 Jun 04:00
- Taiohae Bay Nuka Hiva
Fri 27 Jun 03:41
- Ua Poa day 2
Wed 25 Jun 22:00
- Ua Pou
Tue 24 Jun 04:09
- Bay Hanamenu
Mon 23 Jun 18:55
- All shipshape
Sun 22 Jun 18:18
- Maintanance Day
Sat 21 Jun 18:39
- Calm anchorage
Fri 20 Jun 04:14
- Up Hill Down Dale
Thu 19 Jun 03:19
- Aloa
Wed 18 Jun 04:09
- Hiva Oa
Mon 16 Jun 21:32
- Arrival Hiva Oa
Sat 14 Jun 20:39
- Penultimate Day 20 Galap to Marq
Fri 13 Jun 23:36
- Day 19/20 312 nautical miles from land.
Thu 12 Jun 23:09
- Galley Poo Poo Day 17
Wed 11 Jun 21:49
- Day Sixteen the roll continues
Tue 10 Jun 23:17
- Conkers in the Sky Day 16
Mon 9 Jun 18:45
- Day 15 on the high seas
Sun 8 Jun 21:40
- Day Fourteen Galap to Marq
Sat 7 Jun 20:33
- Day thirteen galap to Marq
Fri 6 Jun 17:49
- Ships at Dusk
Thu 5 Jun 17:45
- Day Twelve Galap to Marq
Wed 4 Jun 16:40
- Trial by Bloggers Day ten Galap to Marq
Tue 3 Jun 17:48
- Day nine Galap to Marq
Mon 2 Jun 19:29
- I was framed!
Sun 1 Jun 23:30
- Day Seven Galap to Marq

May 2008

Sat 31 May 13:51
- Day six Galap to Marq
Fri 30 May 15:21
- Day No Five
Thu 29 May 13:30
- Day Four
Wed 28 May 15:19
- Day Three
Tue 27 May 19:54
- Day Two
- Day two Galap to Marq
Mon 26 May 12:45
- Galapogus to Marquisers Day One
- Brown underpants
Fri 23 May 03:22
- Day Eight Galapogus
Thu 22 May 01:58
- Day Seven Galapogus
Mon 19 May 14:02
- Day Six Galapogus
Sun 18 May 13:47
- Galapogus Day 3 and 4
Thu 15 May 14:32
- Galapogus Day Two
Wed 14 May 18:01
- Galapogus Day One
- Acadamy Bay Galapogis
Mon 12 May 20:16
- Day Eight Panama to Galapogus
Sun 11 May 16:26
- Panama Canal
- Day No 7 , Panama to Galapogus
Sat 10 May 19:23
- Day 6 Panama to Galapagos
Fri 9 May 17:00
- Day Five Pan to Golap
Thu 8 May 16:42
- Day Four Pan to Galap
Wed 7 May 16:11
- Day three Panama to Galapogus
Tue 6 May 12:30
- Day 2 Pamama to Galapogus
Mon 5 May 12:21
- Depart Panama day 1
Fri 2 May 13:10
- Isla Contradore Las Perlas
Thu 1 May 11:49
- Las Perlas Isles

Apr 2008

Wed 30 Apr 12:44
- Outward Bound at last
Sat 26 Apr 11:43
- Progress in the Lazaret
Thu 24 Apr 11:21
- Auto pilot update
Sun 20 Apr 12:27
- Balboa a plesant suprise
Thu 17 Apr 23:38
- The Pacific chapter begins
Wed 16 Apr 02:19
- Big day minus Two
Sun 13 Apr 11:42
- More O'dore Colon
Fri 11 Apr 13:28
- Odour de Colon
Wed 9 Apr 15:29
- Panama City
Sun 6 Apr 17:30
- Exploring in my shorts
Thu 3 Apr 13:59
- Banking Panama Style
Tue 1 Apr 23:57
- Transit merryground

Mar 2008

Mon 31 Mar 14:01
- Releif from Irigation
Sat 29 Mar 14:00
- A day out to Gatun Locks
- The booze cruise so far.
Fri 28 Mar 11:44
- Photos
Thu 27 Mar 13:35
- Free Zone
Mon 24 Mar 17:23
- San Blas Island Photos
- photo test
- Two heads are better than One
Sun 23 Mar 13:32
- Another Colonic Interigation
Thu 20 Mar 22:46
- Ikes Colonic interigation
- The Pilots Underpants
Wed 19 Mar 14:24
- Happys days in Colon????
Mon 17 Mar 17:31
- Strangers in the night again .. a repete of an old favorate
Sun 16 Mar 13:25
- At Anchor
Sat 15 Mar 13:48
- Colonic paperwork
Fri 14 Mar 02:24
- Christobel Panama canal entrance
Thu 13 Mar 01:00
- Portobello
Sun 9 Mar 23:08
- Paradise lost
Sat 8 Mar 21:45
- Arrival
Thu 6 Mar 11:55
- Day Five Martinuque to Panama
Wed 5 Mar 13:50
- Day 4
Tue 4 Mar 12:23
- position day 3
- day 3
Mon 3 Mar 11:43
- Day TWo to Panama
Sun 2 Mar 11:30
- 1st day

Feb 2008

Sun 24 Feb 11:07
- NZ visas

Jan 2008

Wed 30 Jan 23:39
- The Fable of the Gen set
Sun 20 Jan 01:21
- The Martinuque shuffle
Tue 8 Jan 12:43
- Still Alive Just

2007

Dec 2007

Tue 25 Dec 22:45
- Just another day in Paradise
Fri 21 Dec 14:41
- End Of Passage phase
Sun 16 Dec 11:14
- Rum Punches and rain
Thu 13 Dec 23:35
- The end of pond jumping
Wed 12 Dec 14:35
- Wednesday again Dec 12
Tue 11 Dec 13:35
- Zephyrantes Day 15
Mon 10 Dec 12:44
- Day 14
Sun 9 Dec 13:33
- zEpHeR dAiRy DaY 13
Sat 8 Dec 14:20
- Day Twelve
Fri 7 Dec 13:38
- Day 11
Thu 6 Dec 13:34
- Day 10
Wed 5 Dec 10:05
- Day 9 (it seems longer)
Tue 4 Dec 11:18
- Day Eight
Mon 3 Dec 15:08
- Day 7
Sun 2 Dec 10:48
- Day Six
Sat 1 Dec 11:51
- day 5

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 09:54
- Day 4
Thu 29 Nov 09:54
- Day 3
Wed 28 Nov 17:14
- Fw: Position DAY 1
- Position Day 2
Mon 26 Nov 07:43
- Departing Cactus Island
Sun 18 Nov 20:53
- Fw: Cactus Culture
Sun 11 Nov 18:05
- Back to Blighty

Oct 2007

Tue 9 Oct 20:39
- Good bye Madeira Hello Lanzarote

Sep 2007

Thu 27 Sep 13:08
- Have a glass of Madeira My Dear
Tue 18 Sep 20:22
- Position Madeira Quinta Do Lorda
Sat 15 Sep 22:39
- The owl and the pussy cat went to sea in a beautiful awlgrip boat
Fri 14 Sep 15:17
- Position Porto Santos
Fri 7 Sep 12:59
- Close encounters of a fishing kind

Aug 2007

Fri 31 Aug 19:34
- Strangers in the night exchanging glances wondering what the chance is theyed be dancing through the night
Sat 25 Aug 20:19
- The Current bun returns
- Postiion 25 08 2007
Thu 23 Aug 13:53
- Position
Wed 22 Aug 20:25
- The Baby Blake and the pickled onion
Sat 18 Aug 15:37
- Musical fuel berths and tha saga of Sada
Mon 13 Aug 19:22
- Noahs Progress The pilgrims tale
Thu 9 Aug 18:32
- La Coruria
Mon 6 Aug 19:41
- Position Ria De Cederia
Sun 5 Aug 13:47
- Noahs Progress Another Tale from the rain
Sat 4 Aug 10:16
- Position Ria De Vivero

Jul 2007

Thu 19 Jul 16:56
- position
Mon 16 Jul 09:13
- Fw: Noahs Progress
Wed 4 Jul 21:56
- position update

Jun 2007

Sat 30 Jun 11:38
- Position
- Test transmisiion

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