Monday 5th December
This morning we discovered that the new owners of the farm in Hook Bay have stopped people using the track to the top of the hill and Stony Batter (a historical WW2 gun emplacement), so we decided to head off to Rotoroa Island where Raphael and Tamara went ashore to explore.
When they returned we went across to Man O War Bay, Waiheke Island. We anchored about 300m away from another monohull in the bay. It wasn’t long before we had some entertainment. A chartered Catamaran came in the bay and started to dropped anchor between us. With the Cat in high reverse he pulled back till he was 20m from Imagine. He then called out is he too close? The obvious reply was YES. He then moved behind the other monohull and tried again. When he reversed all the way back to us Andrew called out that he move in closer to shore as he doesn’t need to be in such deep water.
He moved about 400m away and tried again. Andrew was ready in the dinghy and as the Cat reached 30m from Imagine he went across to see if he could help. The reply was NO as he continued to back up to 15m from the side of Imagine. He finally stopped and Andrew gave him some pointers on how to anchor and not reverse so hard. The Cat moved away and across the other side of the bay.