georgebackhus on November 25th, 2002

The only sport I enjoy more than SCUBA diving is sailing, and fortunately cruising and diving go hand in hand. One nice aspect of cruising is being able to get to some of those remote dive sites not accessible to the shore-based or even live-aboard dive operations. From what I’ve seen out there, with a [...]

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georgebackhus on November 8th, 2002

November 08, 2002
The Coastal Classic

 

 
The start of the race in Auckland.

2000-odd sailors, 228 yachts, 120 miles of New Zealand coastline, a 3-day weekend and one big party. This is the annual NZ Multihull Yacht Club’s Coastal Classic race from Auckland to the town of Russell in the beautiful Bay of Islands.
We entered last [...]

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