12th November 2007
Things keep breaking on Nadezhda! To date we have two broken autopilots which gave up the ghost the moment we arrived in New Zealand, fridge, windows & hatches are leaking, leak in the front cabin (this was due to large amounts of green water breaking over the deck), rigging needs looking at, main sail had a small rip when the third reefing line rubbed through, and many other problems. Pete & I think that Nadezhda is tired and she is telling us that enough is enough. The boat repair list runs into pages. With all this is mind we decide that we’ll head off to Whangarei to start work on Nadezhda.
15th November 2007
We had the forecast 30-50 knots of wind on the Wednesday and we also experienced it through the night but the winds abated on Thursday morning to an almost flat calm so we took the window of opportunity to dive South to Whangerei I dropped Fliss off at the jetty at Russell to get some provisions and, once she was done, we set off through the bay of islands and around cape brett. The "Touristy" hole in the rock - a rock arch - was interesting but we decided that we would not go under the arch since the highest mast that had ever successfully managed it was a 45 footer.
Fliss….
Pete dropped me off and I headed off as quickly as I could to pick up provisions When I got back the jetty Pete came alongside to pick me up, I looked back and noticed that our new dinghy ran a serious risk off being caught by the sharp mussel shells and pinned against the concrete supports. I shouted to Pete to stop but it was too late and he was too committed to do anything, the dinghy came up hard against the concrete, someone was looking down in us as the dinghy just popped free without any damage, another mental note; make sure that expensive and new dinghy’s are placed out of harms way.
We stopped in Mimiwhantangata Bay overnight and Nomad Life caught up with us. A beautiful bay with rolling hills and cows and sheep grazing and black rocky fore-shore. Saturday we motored most of the way down to Whangerai with a 20 knot wind picking-up as we rounded Bream Head to enter the main channel - bang on the nose - and we took the sails down and motored again. We then decided that we would motor most of the way up into Pahia Bay about half way up the channel. A nice anchorage away from the Oil Refinery.
Things keep breaking on Nadezhda! To date we have two broken autopilots which gave up the ghost the moment we arrived in New Zealand, fridge, windows & hatches are leaking, leak in the front cabin (this was due to large amounts of green water breaking over the deck), rigging needs looking at, main sail had a small rip when the third reefing line rubbed through, and many other problems. Pete & I think that Nadezhda is tired and she is telling us that enough is enough. The boat repair list runs into pages. With all this is mind we decide that we’ll head off to Whangarei to start work on Nadezhda.
15th November 2007
We had the forecast 30-50 knots of wind on the Wednesday and we also experienced it through the night but the winds abated on Thursday morning to an almost flat calm so we took the window of opportunity to dive South to Whangerei I dropped Fliss off at the jetty at Russell to get some provisions and, once she was done, we set off through the bay of islands and around cape brett. The "Touristy" hole in the rock - a rock arch - was interesting but we decided that we would not go under the arch since the highest mast that had ever successfully managed it was a 45 footer.
Fliss….
Pete dropped me off and I headed off as quickly as I could to pick up provisions When I got back the jetty Pete came alongside to pick me up, I looked back and noticed that our new dinghy ran a serious risk off being caught by the sharp mussel shells and pinned against the concrete supports. I shouted to Pete to stop but it was too late and he was too committed to do anything, the dinghy came up hard against the concrete, someone was looking down in us as the dinghy just popped free without any damage, another mental note; make sure that expensive and new dinghy’s are placed out of harms way.
We stopped in Mimiwhantangata Bay overnight and Nomad Life caught up with us. A beautiful bay with rolling hills and cows and sheep grazing and black rocky fore-shore. Saturday we motored most of the way down to Whangerai with a 20 knot wind picking-up as we rounded Bream Head to enter the main channel - bang on the nose - and we took the sails down and motored again. We then decided that we would motor most of the way up into Pahia Bay about half way up the channel. A nice anchorage away from the Oil Refinery.
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