Tuesday 7th March
We had a swim after breakfast then headed off to Paihia. Sue did some laundry at the laundromat while Andrew and B went off finding geocaches. Andrew took the laundry back to Imagine. While returning to shore the outboard stopped. He had to row ashore. We had lunch at the fish and chip shop before doing a little bit of shopping. We didn’t get much as we knew we had to row back.
With Imagine drawing 2.5m of water, she was anchored out on the edge of the channel 1km from shore. Not only did the outboard not go but the dinghy had deflated. We piled into the dinghy laughing our heads off , B almost peeing her pants. We all had a go at rowing. Three of us changing positions in a small dinghy was hilarious. The wind and tide were against us, so it took a while to row back to Imagine. At one point we were stood still despite rowing madly.
Once onboard Imagine Andrew and B flushed out the carburetor. It had picked up another bit of dirt.
B is making dinner again tonight. A wonderful pasta dish. After dinner it was back to shore. Mike was on his way to join us as new crew. B and Andrew headed off in the dinghy. 50m from Imagine the bung popped out and water gushed in. That was quickly fixed and we continued on.
Mike arrived by taxi and we met him at the pier. So the three of us hopped in the dinghy. That’s when we realised the bracket for the navlights was missing. So Mike held one in each hand as we returned to Imagine with no other dramas.