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Notification

November 2020: Shamal and her Crew have arrived safely back into Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand completing their circumnavigation a year ago. Due to Covid-19 and New Zealand's Boarders being closed, they will continue to spend their 2020/21 Summer exploring some of New Zealand's waters. Thanks to all of you for following our Adventures. There will be more.

23 December 2008

Merry Christmas from Napier

Dear One And All

This is our Christmas Greetings to you all. I have not worked out how to send one of those lovely E cards yet and now we are living afloat emails are now our new Christmas Cards.


WISHING YOU ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS OF A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS

AND

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

We are spending our Christmas in Napier with my Dad who will be 99 wonderful years young on the 27th Dec.

Love and Best wishes

Alec Ann Murray and Brigitte

04 December 2008

Nelson back to Picton

Hello One And ALL

Well the time has come for us to leave our winter home in Nelson and start heading North again. We had been there four months and the local boating community were really starting to make us feel at home. We met such a nice group of likeminded people who shared their homes meals and expertise in the boating and fishing fields with us. We had many great days and a contrast of different weather where we sailed and motored the beautiful Tasman Bay National Park, or out in Tasman Bay, having lunches or sipping wine in a setting sun with people we were either introducing the SEAWIND to, or with new friends we had made, or practicing the ‘hove to’ in 35kts of wind!!!. Alec feels the more practice at some of these things the better. He is more than likely right but as for me, well I just wanted to keep sailing and get back to port and not muck around!!