Has anyone sailed in Auckland (NZ) before? I'm heading over for 2 weeks at Christmas/NY's and hope to get in a few days of sailing.

I know of a few places, Pt Chev, Lake Pupuke, Mission Bay, has anyone sailed there and can recommend anywhere? I'd prefer flatter water (you know, not as choppy as the bay!) but mainly just a good place for some fun sailing.

Thanks!

Bayswater just over the AKLD harbour bridge on the right hand side (heading to Takapuna), very flat water (can be shallow but has hire equipment) bayswater/shoal bay

www.google.co.nz/?gws_rd=ssl

www.google.com.au/maps/place/Shoal+Bay,+New+Zealand/@-36.808459,174.7674055,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x6d0d3825c2c69231:0x2a00ef61665997c0

Lake Pupuke is pretty bloody flat unless its really howling (where it get messy as its such a small lake) used to be a hire place right there on the bay (fresh water, and beware the Wilberforce's)

www.google.com.au/maps/place/Lake+Pupuke,+Auckland,+New+Zealand/@-36.7898953,174.7759555,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x6d0d39db84d909af:0x2a00ef6165df7a90

Next to mission bay there's kohimarama (co-he-marre-ma) beach where there are sometimes lessons and used to hire off the beach (pretty crappy when i was there 5 years ago)

www.google.com.au/maps/place/Kohimarama+Beach,+1071,+New+Zealand/@-36.8496678,174.844247,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x6d0d49e4efffe8b1:0x2912d55d6c99af12

Bucklands Beach in a SW, sail across the channel to the sand bar, Eastern Beach in an Easterly.

da vecta said..
^ Isn't that where the sheep are safe and free to roam the countryside tilldark?

yeah we let them run loose keeps them lively hundreds of them running down the main drag in auckland

Thanks guys. Will definitely check out a couple of spots when I'm back there in a few weeks.