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    CAUGHT IN COVID CHAOS

    Jul 30, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS BY ZOE HAWKINS
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    Quintin’s affair with the 16.7m Rum Bucket began in January 2018 when he and sailing buddy Ross Masters visited the Dusseldorf Boat Show. He wanted to find a new yacht in Europe and sail it back to New Zealand. After lengthy research he opted for the beautiful More 55 cruiser-racer, built in Croatia.

    Rum Bucket departed Split, Croatia in April 2019 destined for Auckland via the Panama Canal, Galapagos Islands and Tahiti. On her maiden voyage she crossed the Adriatic to Ancona, Italy and down its East Coast, around the bottom of the ‘boot’ and up into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The crew left the yacht in Palermo, Sicily and returned to their day jobs, aiming to return in September and spend six weeks sailing her to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

    arrived at Gran Canaria in early October, and the crew once again headed home,

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