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13 hours ago, Corella said:

Newbie here. We're over from Oz, cruising Auckland up to the Bay of Islands. Currently in Tutukaka Harbour, heading North later in the week.

What's the best harbour around here to sit out the coming winds? We've thought of Whangamumu Harbour, looks like a good all weather anchorage. Plan to get tucked in by Friday pm. Appreciate the opinion of the assembled wisdom/experience here.

(We rode out the storm a week or so ago at Rakino Island in the gulf, windy and lumpy, but OK.)

Thanks for your help.

 

We were in Tutukaka for the nasty stuff at New Year's; we just moved into the marina for a few days (Pacific Bay was getting lumpy). If you're not in a hurry, you might consider that. Was nice and quiet and the Angler's Club fish and chips was great.

 

MS

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43 minutes ago, B00B00 said:

Agreed. This one has the potential to be the real deal. 

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Central pressure near 960 at landfall in NZ would make it one of our biggest ever, I think. Here's hoping the forecast is crap; either that it doesn't strengthen so much, or the track is wrong, or ideally both!

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We parked in Whangaruru when the first or second one came through after New years. I wouldn't recommend it. The NE swell still managed to get around the corner making it a bit unpleasant. The usual hiding place up behind Motukauri island up the end didn't really work either. If it goes SE there's nowhere to hide in there. Manawaora bay in BOI has always worked for us as there are options if the wind changes.

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Stripped the headsail off the foil last night on the cruiser  as it was easier then, than after coming back from Squadron weekend on Sunday, hopefully am being over cautious but having seen the carnage in an Auckland marina when they came loose in a real blow it was an easy decision.

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4 hours ago, waikiore said:

Stripped the headsail off the foil last night on the cruiser  as it was easier then, than after coming back from adron weekend on Sunday, hopefully am being over cautious but having seen the carnage in an Auckland marina when they came loose in a real blow it was an easy decision 

Best decision. I’ve never understood why this simple precaution is not taken by everyone, nor insisted on by the Marina management. At the least it reduces windage on the rig but a few years ago one of these storms clipped Tauranga and the (small) number of headsails that unwrapped was hazardous. 

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