The big day, after a 7 year building process, Tiama is Launched at Orama’s Marina in Auckland, about 150 well wishers were present, including my mother who spoke some nice words and broke a bottle of bubbly over the bow, may she sail safely and happily,
A busy southern summer season in the Sub Antarctic 10 departures and returns from NZmost souther port, Bluff. lots of interesting trips including the regular Albatross research support voyages for the NZ National institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) and providing logistics support for a voyage to Campbell island for the biology department of the University of Otago. We also undertook a 2 week voyage to the Auckland islands undertaking…
Working as support vessel for a Historic Heritage survey of the Auckland islands (NZ Sub Antarctic) working for the New Zealand department of conservation.
February 1999 – 5 week charter from Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula, acting as a logistics support vessel for the Young Australian Antarctic Expedition during their successful attempt to climb Pilchner Peak in the Antarctic Peninsula.
We have been steadily working our trade as a logistical support vessel for science, film and tourist trips into the Southern ocean these last few years, for the record over the last 16 years we have done more then 170 Round trips to the Sub Antarctic islands and the Antarctic, the duration of each…
Two week ocean trial to the remote NZ Kermadec Island group acting as a support vessel to collect geological samples for the Auckland Museum.
A 32 day long charter through the intricate and remote Chilean channels from Cape Horn to Puerto Montt.