Head North young Wheels

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That I can handle. It's the cupla tonnes of dead fish dumped on the deck and the Pilot house full of ice I'm worried about.

SJB, Just once in a while if you are walking around, a quick glance at the spring lines where they run through the gunnle foir wear would be really appreciated. I don't know if it is normal, but the surge around that part of thr marina was really bad and she was pulling back and forward hard on those springs.

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Looking at the coast farther the better the prediction (such as Gisborne) from Monday night it looked like out there in the rain last night, whether or Thursday morning

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Well I thought a few pics might be of interest.....or not.

We start with the start of the first day, being the Sunrise.

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And of course we were flying the flag all the way.

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And we ended the first day rounding Palliser at Sunset

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In Napier Marina, the Davidson 45, with one of the guys up the mast trying to sort a problem.

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Pushing it across the strait and of course, filling the anchor locker with a few hundred ltrs of water which ran back to the first hold and then the second and probably not helping with burying the bow even further.

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And you all thought KM's boat needed a lick of paint.

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Looking down the line of vessels. We were down the far end.