Well we have been on the yacht for two weeks now and during that time have only managed to sail up to the Bay of Islands. We left the Whangarei Harbour on the 19th and sailed straight up to the Bay anchoring in Parekura Bay. We then sat out our second Gale at Dicks Bay, the wind turned to an unfavourable quarter overnight on Sunday the 23rd so we upped anchor and motored to Uruti Bay near Russell.
On the 27th we went over to the Kerikeri river and anchored up, and did the trip up the river in the dinghy, beautiful day good lunch. We then hightailed it back to Uruti Bay on Friday to sit out Cyclone Wilma. It rained all day Friday as we sailed over from the Tepuna Inlet, the wind did not get up as much as we expected. We now are faced with the dilemma of Paul being called back to work, for a few weeks the help train new staff.
We are going to leave Kabuki at Matauwhi Bay, hopefully on a mooring. Paul will be able to travel to and from work from there, I will stay on the boat or have a day in Whangarei. A little bit of a downer, but Paul feels He should help them out, they have been really good to Him.
Anyway just a quick catch up, gotta go
You must feel like you are never going to get away from NZ. First gales then work...just have to keep the faith I guess.
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