Discovering South Island! Part 1
Our readers know Jean-Pierre Schiavi and his faithful Lagoon 52S Cat’leya very well: the crew has been featured in many Postcards in this magazine and he also wrote about a wonderful cruise on the US east coast - see MW170. A lot of water has flowed under the bridgedeck since then, and we are now ready to discover the Pacific Ocean and more precisely the mysterious South Island of New Zealand and its Fiordland, at the southern end of the country.
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Publié le
20/09/2022
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Jean-Pierre Schiavi
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186
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3,000 nautical miles, 3 months of sailing... Destination? Fiordland! It has been more than 2 years since Cat’leya took refuge in New Zealand... From Auckland to Cape Kari Kari, we discovered a magnificent coastline and an exceptional sailing environment. The trips ashore to Rotorua, New Plymouth and so many others gave me another insight into this green country, but the story couldn’t stop there... The South Island is a complete mystery to me, and being a curious person, I have read about journeys to this other New Zealand of which the gem is the Fiordland. It is a very isolated region, locate…
