A short history of SV Companion -
In April of 2005, Kim and I signed an agreement to purchase a Leopard Catamaran and place it in the Moorings Charter Program for 5 years.

Buying the last 40' Catamaran built in 2005 by Robinson and Caine of South Africa, the boat was to be chartered in Placencia, Belize. It arrived in Belize in late November, and was used by Moorings Chartering until June of 2010. During that time, we were able to sail our boat many times, and have a few charters in other parts of the world; LaPaz Mexico, Abaco Bahama, British Virgin Islands, Nice France, Gocek Turkey (Turquoise Coast).

Max , our nephew and his dad, Mike will be joining, Kim and I for part of the voyage. We are also looking forward to meeting family and friends along the way.

Our blog is intended to share our journey, memories and information to sailors.

Enjoy, Dale & Kim

PS: 10 years after the start of our voyage, we are living in LaConner with SV Companion and the adventure continues.











Monday, March 30, 2020

Timaru and Christchurch

Last 3 days of the driving trip on South Island.

After our wonderful 2nd farm stay near Fairlie, we had a short drive to Timaru, a working port town on the east side, where Kim and I went to two wonderful museums -
Te Ana Maori Rock Art Centre (where examples of Maori rock painting can be found along with a nice history of the Maori people is explained along with some history of the strange birds and vegetation).
South Canterbury Museum was the second museum with its “historic and natural artefacts of the south Canterbury region.“  The picture on the right is the Anglican Church in the Edwardian style next to the museum.


In Christchurch, we did the on and off trolley and stayed across the street from the Cathedral which still has the Earthquake damage from 2011, bell tower is gone, and may never be rebuilt (picture on right).  We watched the gondola rides on the Avon River and spent about 2 hours in the CC Art Gallery. Then it was the hunt for a book “Fun with Flax” on weaving foliage, which we were successful in finding.  Then on Saturday, March 7 we flew back to Auckland to experience that city before our cruise b gan on March 9.
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