Sailing Azimuth

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  46 degrees, ouch!February 23, 2026
  Hello again, and welcome back to our blog. Last time we told you about a visit from our eldest Son Ethan and his partner Becky. This time we will take you on a trip to the state of Victoria in Australia. the Gold Rush, Ship wrecks and Bells Beach! The main reason that we had …

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  Family VisitFebruary 13, 2026
  Hello to everyone again! Last time we posted it was new year, and we were waiting for our eldest son Ethan and his girlfriend Becky to arrive in New Zealand to come and pay us a visit. So in this post we will tell you all about the wonderful time we had with them both. …

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  Happy New Year.January 1, 2026
  Wishing you all a very happy new year for 2026! 2025 has been an interesting year for us. We limped in to New Zealand, late 2024, and put Azimuth in a marina for the first time since we left the UK in 2022. There was a ton of stuff to fix and replace, and we …

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  The Sail South to Queen Charlotte SoundDecember 26, 2025
  Hi to everyone, and welcome back for another instalment of the adventures of Azimuth! Last time we left you we had arrived in the Bay of Plenty on the East Coast of New Zealand the vibrant Port of Tauranga. This time we will tell you about the highs and lows of our sail down the …

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  MERRY XMAS!December 24, 2025
  Hi to everyone, a very Merry Christmas to you all from Mistletoe Bay in Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand! Wherever you are we hope you have a fantastic day and we miss you all! Dom & Ailsa on Azimuth
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  Following Captain CookDecember 5, 2025
  Hi to everyone and welcome to another instalment of our sailing blog. Last time we were in Great Barrier Island and had the amazing Orca experience. This time we sail further south and visit Waiheke island and head to the Coromandel Peninsula. So why is the title of this blog “Following Captain Cook” I hear …

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  Great Barrier Island and Orca’s!October 29, 2025
  Hi again to everyone. last time we left you, we were still in the Bay of Islands in the North of New Zealand. This time, we leave that and head south down towards Auckland, with the first major stop at the Great Barrier Island. We left the Bay of Islands on a beautiful sunny day …

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  Bay of IslandsOctober 15, 2025
  Hi everyone, last time we left you we had just arrived in the Bay of Islands on the East coast near the top of the North Island in New Zealand. This time we will tell you about some of the places we have visited and the wonderful anchorages in this part of the world. The …

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  Back Cruising Again!September 18, 2025
  Hi to everyone! Time to let you know what we have been up to since the last post. Well, as a lot of you know, we were back in the UK for over 4 months over the summer. That was a crazy trip home to catch up with everyone. Here’s a whirlwind snapshot of some …

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Countries Visited List. Click on any for posts from that country.

Australia (1) Canaries (1) Cape Verde (3) Colombia (3) Cook Islands (3) Croatia (1) Curacao (3) England (8) French Polynesia (10) Gibraltar (1) Grenada (3) Ireland (11) Madeira (3) Marquesas Islands (6) Martinique (6) New Zealand (15) Niue (1) Northern Ireland (4) Pacific Ocean (18) Panama (9) Portugal (3) Scotland (12) Society Islands (2) Spain (4) St Lucia (2) St Vincent and the Grenadines (4) Tonga (2) Trinidad & Tobago (3) Tuamotus (4) Wales (4)

Click the link below to find us on Marine Traffic. This gets updated from the boats AIS transmitter. Note, that depending on where we are, this is not always reliable!

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5879785/mmsi:232019297/imo:0/vessel:AZIMUTH/_:9d34b36c980b5228c6cbb998c03c06f2

See the anchorages we have visited here: