Comments on: Sailing adventure in Waiheke

By: Ayden Simmons

Ayden Simmons — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:37:50 +0000

i love to sail at see or on a river, sailing has been my hobby for several years already. ‘.”

By: Emily Jones

Emily Jones — Sun, 23 May 2010 17:42:33 +0000

i am into sailing and i am also a diy fiberglass sailing boat enthusiasts for 5 years now. i really love sailing.’.~

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:31:24 +0000

Hi Dominic

I’ve been meaning to build a proa for some time and have been looking at different designs on the net as well as photo’s I took at Nukufetau in Tevalu. I was wondering how you came to your design and what alterations you would incorporate in the Mark 2 model.

Pete

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:51:39 +0000

Hey Dominic! Cheers for the photos. I have made the requisite corrections – guess I was in too much of a hurry when I wrote it. I’ve never even heard of Waiuku – how geographically ignorant am I?

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:42:56 +0000

shhh… Phil’s not meant to know…..

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:07:09 +0000

Just a few small corrections: the boat is 16 foot long. It took me 7 days to get from hamilton to waiheke island. I paddeled DOWN the waikato river (which, like all rivers flows to the sea). that took 3 days.

The photo of me smiling, and luke cringing, was taken after the aka lashing slid off. Thats why we are having so much fun. The lashing was made form a strip of inner tube. Inner tube is the second most useful thing you can get for free (2nd to bamboo), but it decays in ultra-violet light, and needs to be replaced eventually.

i didn’t sail along the west coast from port waikato to manakau (too dangerous for a boat still on it’s trial run) I hauled port waikato to waiuku and sailed across the manakau harbour.

p.s. hi leanne, i’m not crazy, except about you…

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:06:19 +0000

yes people, he is as crazy as he looks, but in the good interesting way