Whitianga to Hicks Bay

Clive Carrington-Wood

A light, downwind start which allowed the hoisting of Gennaker and Gollywobbler, frustratingly sat directly astern on a dead run, which collapsed the Gennaker which was stowed. The wind then dropped to light airs and we motored almost the entire day and night. Two burst of F3 winds on the beam and then the nose at watch changeovers during the night got us over excited briefly but then had to motor into F4 to F5 on the nose to round the corner in the morning to get to the anchorage. A first night passage for the three new crew.