Posh night out at the RNZYS - the home of the America’s Cup

Westhaven Marina

From Mt Eden

Haul out and barnacles

WHANGAREI and haul out

We made it to Whangarei via the lovely Limestone Island. Once a derelict industrial ruin it is now, thanks to umpteen volunteers, covered in natural habitat and creeping with kiwis.

A super-warm welcome in Riverside Drive and an OCC gathering at the towns Indian restaurant.

McLeod Bay

Lighter wind and dwindling rain for our walk around the Harbour Heads and Mt Aubrey.

Urquharts Bay

Wet and windy when anchored in Urquharts Bay so spent the day baking, rescuing dinghies while rain some how managed to soak our afternoon cabin. 

The aluminium dingy that floated past us during the gale was full of water and our Torqedo outboard struggled to tow it back. When I started to bale I quickly realised that of the two burst rubbish bags in the boat, one was full of used toilet paper. We did the minimum baling necessary before tying it to a mooring and handing the problem to the coastguard!