Where to rent a keelboat in NZ?

Anyone know of a place in NZ where an experienced sailor could rent a
small keelboat (22-28) for one night? I'm not looking for big orgnized
cruises or extended rentals. I just want something for an overnight in the
sort of boats I sail regularly (22-28 foot fixed keelboats). While it would
be great to find something on the west coast - I suspect Auckland is the
best source for this. Something around the bay of islands or the north
coast would be great too.

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:19:32 -0400, "truebs" wrote:

Anyone know of a place in NZ where an experienced sailor could rent a
small keelboat (22-28) for one night? I'm not looking for big orgnized
cruises or extended rentals. I just want something for an overnight in the
sort of boats I sail regularly (22-28 foot fixed keelboats). While it would
be great to find something on the west coast - I suspect Auckland is the
best source for this. Something around the bay of islands or the north
coast would be great too.

Try a posting to:

nz.reg.auckland.general

Cath

There are sites that offer keelboats for rental in Auckland, Bay of Islands
and Marlborough Sounds. Most are bigger than 28 foot as in NZ any smaller
has a folding keel and is kept on the from lawn of the owners house!

All west coast harbours have sandbars at the entrance, making them too
risking for those who do not know local conditions extremely well.

Anyone know of a place in NZ where an experienced sailor could rent a
small keelboat (22-28) for one night? I'm not looking for big orgnized
cruises or extended rentals. I just want something for an overnight in the
sort of boats I sail regularly (22-28 foot fixed keelboats). While it
would
be great to find something on the west coast - I suspect Auckland is the
best source for this. Something around the bay of islands or the north
coast would be great too.

in article , truebs at wrote on
26/6/04 6:19 AM:

Anyone know of a place in NZ where an experienced sailor could rent a
small keelboat (22-28) for one night? I'm not looking for big orgnized
cruises or extended rentals. I just want something for an overnight in the
sort of boats I sail regularly (22-28 foot fixed keelboats). While it would
be great to find something on the west coast - I suspect Auckland is the
best source for this. Something around the bay of islands or the north
coast would be great too.


A google on "bareboat charter auckland" will turn up lots eg
http://www.charterlink.co.nz/

Another alternative is to try www.yellowpages.co.nz

I know there are some Beneteau yachts for charter in Auckland.

Vicki