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The view of the boatyard from the top of our mast. It's much higher when you're out of the water because we're blocked up 8 ...

Conrad and Grandma When you grow up in Chicago, you don't usually think of it as a vacation destination, especially in the winter (e...

Auckland Art Gallery Matt has been hard at work doing fiberglass work to close up some unneeded through hulls. The boat yard has also gi...

Zorbing was invented here: rolling down a hill in a big rubber ball filled with water Mark and Conrad finally got to test out their new...

Big kauri tree So this month we find ourselves "On the Hard." That's boater speak for having the boat pulled out of the wa...

Perry on the hard, complete with a grand staircase Like all immutable rules of nature, including the Laws of Thermodynamics ,  the Law o...

Giant sand dunes at 90-mile beach As we sit here near Russell, confined to the boat by driving rains, the kids are tired and a bit crank...