We love Chance Bay. It is the perfect hideaway from all sorts of weather, has stunning native bush, is purely boat access only and has some of the best all weather protection and fantastic anchoring in all of the Marlborough Sounds. The bonus is exploring the river by kayak or tender at high tide - it's Jurassic Park meets Indiana Jones!!

This has become our go to bay whenever we have guests on board as it has it all, especially a totally epic sunset and fantastic swimming with clear water and a sand / fine shells / small quartz pebble beach to play on.

This story is all about the Sanitarium Weetbix TRYathlon I have just done in Nelson. It is something that both of my sisters did when they were my age, and something I have really been looking forward to. I never imagined that I would end up getting interviewed by the local newspaper in the build up to the event, but it was cool to see my story and hear from my old friends that they had seen it to. Read until the end, there is a video about my whole experience. 

If you asked me five years ago, I would have said “never in a million years would I be driving a boat before a car!”.

We’ve come a long way since buying the Oriental Lady in late 2021. I know that all I’ve learnt so far, and all that I want to learn over these next few years will help me in many ways throughout my life.