The good ship

The Bay of Islands is a very nice area of New Zealand a few hours drive north of here. It's very good for sailing, and we're vaguely planning a trip to charter a boat for a week next summer. On our first trip up there a couple of weeks ago we spent a day sailing on the good ship R. Tucker Thompson.



After sailing out to deserted island in the bay, we swam to shore and hiked up the hill with tremendous views. After a BBQ lunch back on the ship, we had the chance to climb the rigging... scarier than it looked when the crew did it, I have to say.