Discovering D’Urville Island, King’s Birthday Weekend, 30 May-1 June 2025

D’Urville Island is the largest island in the Marlborough Sounds. It is steep and rugged and is the remains of a mountain range with the sea flooding all the valleys as the land slowly sinks under the sea. As a result it has a spectacular coastline,...

D’Urville Island circumnavigation, Marlborough Sounds, 15 Aug 2016

Skipper: Brian Renwick Want no sandflies, no people, and fresh fish? An August sail around D’Urville Island may just be the thing for you. On Sunday morning, an email from Brian arrived spurring me into action. We were to leave Monday morning from...