Yachts moored at Whangārei Town Basin with the Hundertwasser Arts Centre in the background Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf
This weekend the third Whangarei Maritime festival takes place at the town basin.
There will be boats - obviously - but also live music, a maritime careers fair, food and all the rest.
This year, not all the action is on the sea, there is also a series of talks at the Hundertwasser Arts Centre.
Including a talk from friend of the show Nick Atkinson - on an ocean voyage that began in a Ponsonby bakery and ended at Shakleton's grave.
Nick chats to Jesse.
