Arrival!
Tied up at the Q dock at Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Tied up to the Q dock at Opua at 2115 local time tonight after a perfect sailing day. At 0200 last night we finally emerged from under that stationary front and within a few minutes the wind picked up to a steady 20kn+ on the beam. It settled down a bit in the early morning and we had great day on a beam reach, averaging close to 6kn. We made landfall around 2pm and sailed into the Bay of Islands just before sunset. Hard to imagine a more beautiful finish to this passage (and - in a way - to our journey here that started from the US East Coast a year ago). Now we need to clear in tomorrow morning, figure out some berthing/mooring arrangement for a few days and then look forward to a visit from Seabright on Sunday. All is well aboard, stay tuned...
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Douglas Bernon
Thu, 01/01/1970 - 00:33
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Congratulations on a really
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