Tall Ships Fun Time!
The R. Tucker Thompson is a schooner (that is a member of the Tall Ships class, not a glass of measurement that contains beer) that sails around the Bay of Islands region of New Zealand, taking out loads of people who like a day out on the bay.
As part of The Great Crusade, Qantas were really nice and shouted a heap of us a boat trip for a half day trip around this really picturesque part of the world. If you’re in Europe or North America and feel like a trip half way around the world, then this boat trip is a good detour to just chill out a bit.
When I mean chill out, if you want to go swimming, sometimes the water is a tad cold – for example, around 9 degrees celsius, and this was in Spring! Hmm, a fairly high shrinkage factor there for the men on board!
The day we went out on the water was a cracker – sunshine, reasonable flat water, and lots of wind in the afternoon to create a great day of sailing. There’s nothing like the wind blowing in your hair – or what’s left of it.
Tall Ships Sailing Video in the Bay Of Islands
Anyway, I put together a short clip of this Tall Ships experience below. Luckily, no one became too sick to feed the fish overboard so they would appear in my boat jokes!
If you have a nice, sunny day in the Bay of Islands, it’s worth having a go on the R Tucker Thompson. Also, if you sail on this ship, you’re doing the New Zealand Community a whole lot of good. The ship is run by a Youth Trust that helps promotes life skills for young people.
Here it is!
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More Tall Ships Stuff
For more Tall Ship info, check out the R Tucker Thompson website. And see more at The Great Crusade.
We loved the Bay Islands and what an awesome way to see them. Looks like you are having a blast Anthony!
Hell yeah! I’ve just come home and I’m still recovering!