gallery01The Place where readers can send there pics...

              gallery02and another...

              gallery03 and yet another...

              gallery04 and still they keep coming...

              gallery05 these are more offerings

              gallery06 and these were the latest contributions...

              gallery07 until these came along...

              gallery08 but these are now the newest

              gallery09 no they're not. These are now officially the latest...

 

also        A few close up pics of the Navigator Jaunty...

and        A few favorite pics of my old Navigator "Jaunty" ( I have now sold Jaunty and I'm about to commence on a new project - stay tuned)

 

There's plenty of adventure to be had at Great Barrier Island. Jaunty is seen here at Port Fitzroy, a wild and Spectacular harbour to be sure...

 

Sailing home after a weekends fishin'  Photo courtesy John B of 'Waione'

 

and there she is "Waione" a beautiful boat if ever there was one...

 

Early morning snapper/s. Just off Rangitoto Lighthouse.

 

Firewood Trader...

downhill racer...

 

motoring up the river to Warkworth. Pristine.

 

Cruising "the Noises" group of islands just east of Rakino.

 

Rakino Island (jaunty & Varuna)

 

Fish is plentiful out here but chips can be difficult to cook at sea...

 

20+ knots from the cockpit of an openboat at sea looks something like this...

 

cave at the Noises Group...

 

Jaunty and Varuna...

 

Summer..

 

thar she is...aarrgghh

 

Rangitoto is always full of surprises...

 

such as providing the answer to that age old question. What does whales breath smell like?

 

and the other question... are they friendly?

 

an all Welsford raft up...

 

Nice ride home.

 

 

Narewa Bay, the northern most point of the Yasawa Islands - Fiji. That's me returning from an adventurous snorkel and my previous boat "Margret H". The diving around here is without compare and the water, warm as a bath...