Russell, New Zealand
The Strand
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We had a great day of sailing with Vigilant today. Booking was easy & responsive with lots of communication. Nathalie the captain designed the day to our request to maximize sailing time. We did get to swim, kayak and have a nice healthy lunch. Highly recommend for anyone visiting the Bay of Islands.
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I don't usually review all that much but this experience was pretty exceptional. Nik is knowledgeable, well travelled and certainly well-versed in sailing. We had a very chilled 2 hours of soaking up the Bay of Islands inner area. Felt totally at ease with Nik at the helm and he even gave us a go ourselves! What an elegant boat.
Awesome day. Can’t imagine any way to make it better. Great trip, great crew, great vibes. Why would you go for a big boat when you can go for this?
Fantastic day. Highly recommend Great value for money. Cannot fault.
We all had a great day out on the Vigilant exploring Urupukapuka and the rest of the islands in the bay of islands! The weather wasn't exactly in our favour but despite the cloud cover, factor 30 and sporadic rain showers we all managed to get burnt by the sun!! Urupukapuka is a great island to explore and you can definitely get to Entico bay if not to the viewing point in time to return for lunch; which was amazing. We were all impressed with what you can cook on a yacht! Nick and nat were very friendly and keen to chat even while they were hauling lines and trimming to. Would definately recommend!! Standard boat rules, heads down, stay off the ropes/hatches.
We recently had the pleasure of experiencing an overnight charter on the yacht Vigilant, hosted and skippered by the amazing Nathalie. We can't say enough about how much Sue and I enjoyed this charter. We both love being on the water. So having a charter to finish our week in Russell was just the icing on the cake. Vigilant is a classic 42 foot hand crafted vessel full of the style and grace you can't find anymore. We took a great morning motor then a sail out in the bay, anchored for a swim, an amazing fresh salad and smoked chicken lunch, then embarked on more sailing in good breezes and took the helm from time to time. We went ashore and swam again, then anchored up for the night and were treated to a delicious crayfish dinner (the cray caught by Nic, Nathalies partner) accompanied by fresh beans from Nathalie's garden. Bubbles, wine, music, and watched the sun go down and heard the Kiwi's start calling from the island. A superb experience. Nathalie, is the skipper with the mostest. She is a super competent sailor, highly trained (coastguard too) and most of all she beams out good humour, positivity and fun from the second you step aboard. If you want a genuine, kiwi sailing experience, go and join Nathalie on Vigilant. If there was 6 stars we would rate this experience that highly. Thanks Nathalie!
My wife and I had the most amazing time on the Vigilant with Nat. A must do, no question. 10 out of 10!
Great experience! Highly recommended
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