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!

A few days in Whangaruru

 

A short, sharp blow came through but Whangaruru is very protected and the anchorage very safe.

A lovely few days anchored along side S/V’s Felix le Cat and Chaos with shared adventures. An epic RIB ride to the fish and chip shop. A trip to the store to stock up on toffee pops and plenty of stretched legs in the New Zealand bush.

Whangamumu and Whangaruru

 

We shared an anchorage with 4 other OCC boats when a low soaked Northland with rain. S/V’s Felix le Cat, Chaos, Shimshal, Tempus and M/V Dragonfly.

Whanga means harbour and 50 whales a year were despatchec and rendered a Whangamumu throughout much of the 20th century. The rusting relics remain.