The fuel pump at Opua has been out of order since we got here, so we have been busy, doing the laundry, buying boat parts and fitting new main halyard. We checked again today and it’s still out of order and we have been told that we may have to wait next week for reopening. The anchorage in Opua is not very comfortable (particularly when the tide is against the wind, being in the middle of the river channel), so we hauled anchor and moved to Russell. We aren’t able to get Imagine into the fuel dock here, instead we have reverted to filling our 20ltr jerrycan. We have already done several trips back and forth with the dinghy today and we will do more tomorrow. We only need 750ltrs to fill up Hahaha… We will only put a little more fuel in and fill up when we get to Auckland.
The weather looks like we will be able to head to Auckland on Tuesday.
