Going Home........Booo Hoooo

Photo: Kabuki sailing out of the Bay of Islands, Cape Brett in the distance.

Well after trying out the commuting thing from Opua to Whangarei for 2 weeks we decided to up anchor (drop mooring) and head back to Whangarei. Paul was having to start work at 7am so it meant He had to leave Opua by 6.15am, and then He wasn't getting home until 7 pm. It was just a bit much.
On Friday the 26th we left Opua at 5.30pm and did a night sail back to Whangarei, unfortunately the wind which was supposed to be SouthWest was more south and was pretty much on the nose. But we managed to sail till about 2am on Saturday morning, then we had to start the engine when the wind died. By the time we got to Whangarei Heads the wind had picked up so we were able to sail from the Heads to the Basin.
As we left the Bay of Islands a pod of dolphins came and played in our bow wave, at last I was able to get a video of it (after many failed attempts in the past). It was a lovely night to start with, but the clouds came over later obscuring the stars. We arrived in the Whangarei Harbour on the outgoing tide, so we sailed slowly up the harbour getting stuck in the mud of the channel near Ray Roberts Marine, funny thing was that we had been in 4.5 ft of water then it deepened to 6ft and that is when we got stuck, go figure. We were being a bit cheeky trying to get up at low tide.
So here we are back on our mooring, and life returns to the rat race pace again. Have we done the right thing in coming back? Who knows................
Is this the end? ...............No