What a mission! We hauled anchor this morning and headed across to the mainland. We arrived about 9.30 and anchored outside the Harbour, as the harbour was full of boats. The Harbourmaster asked us and several other boats to wait. So all waited and waited. We contacted the guy who was organising the fuel and told him we would call when we get to go in. Eventually two boats were allowed in. By 12.00 we could see the wharf was clear. We and others repeatedly called the Harbourmaster who must have gone for lunch.
We contacted the fuel guy and said we will ferry the 10 jerrycans ashore in the dinghy. It then took till 4.30pm to do several trips in the dinghy then in his truck to the petrol station to fill up. B and I were pouring the fuel in our tanks between each trip but not only the fuel was pouring so the rain and we were both soaking wet and fuel smelling.
Tonight we appreciated the delicious pumpkin soup that Chrissy prepared for us before leaving Auckland.
