Wednesday 15th February
We made it. Well almost. We set off at dawn this morning for the Bay of Islands. We had thought of stopping overnight at Whangarei, but changed our minds. We thought the debris from the storm would make it unpleasant. We found out on the way up the coast that Whangarei had warnings to look out for sunken boats in 5 of the bays.
It was a great day, blue sky with less than a metre of swell and the wind in the morning was only 25kts. As the day went on the wind slowly dropped, untill it reached 10kts (the minimum Imagine needs to move). As Imagine got slower and slower we decided to motor sail the last bit.
Because the tide was also against us and the light was fading we have stopped at Te Toroa bay for the night. It’s at Cape Brett, just around the corner from the Bay of Islands. It’s very calm so far but it was good we arrived with a bit of light because now it’s pitch black! We will all be heading off to bed real soon, knackered is the best way to describe us!