Hello, my name is Brent Burge. I have come to join Peter in Fakarava (FP) and to then help sail to New Zealand.
I am a retired engineer. Taking this trip is an old ambition of mine. I m looking forward to the fun, adventure and great company.
In New Zealand I would say I am a Kiwi. But I have learned people here think I am saying I am a Kiwi Fruit.
The Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand. It is flightless and nocturnal. The female takes 30 days to grow an egg. The egg weighs up to 25% of the mother’s weight. It then takes 80 days for the male to incubate it. Over a 100 years ago, the first modern commercial Kiwi Fruit variety was bred in New Zealand. It was then know as Chinese Gooseberry. For marketing reasons the name was changed to Kiwi Fruit.
So I am a Kiwi here on board Ya living a dream.