Tears for a Dolphin
April 3, 2026
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It was the mid-1990s and we were steaming back from Aotea/Great Barrier. It was a beautiful hot summer day and the sea was flat and calm.
It was the mid-1990s and we were steaming back from Aotea/Great Barrier. It was a beautiful hot summer day and the sea was flat and calm.
This winter, Coastcare groups around the Coromandel are rolling up their sleeves to plant thousands of native coastal plants and they need your help!
I bought trimaran Jiwa in the year 2000. Apart from the odd bit of rot in the deck which has needed repair, there have been no problems over the 25 years I have sailed her around the north-east coast of the North Island.
You are reading the 40th issue of Coromind, a milestone for us, and we do want to acknowledge our community, supporters, and advertisers for being on this journey with us.
To ‘wander like a cloud’ (云游) is a term that comes from the ancient Chinese spiritual tradition of Daoism.
It was the mid-1990s and we were steaming back from Aotea/Great Barrier. It was a beautiful hot summer day and the sea was flat and calm.
This winter, Coastcare groups around the Coromandel are rolling up their sleeves to plant thousands of native coastal plants and they need your help!
I bought trimaran Jiwa in the year 2000. Apart from the odd bit of rot in the deck which has needed repair, there have been no problems over the 25 years I have sailed her around the north-east coast of the North Island.
You are reading the 40th issue of Coromind, a milestone for us, and we do want to acknowledge our community, supporters, and advertisers for being on this journey with us.
To ‘wander like a cloud’ (云游) is a term that comes from the ancient Chinese spiritual tradition of Daoism.
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