Whangerae Harbor to Port Hardy, D'urville Island

Marcus Beagley

it was what we are finding to be fairly typical in this area, very low winds in the morning and breeze lifting suddenly at some point in the afternoon. the forcast was for 12+kts from midday and building to 18kts. in reality, it was 5kts until about 230pm and then 18kts all at once. once the wind set in we had up to 2m choppy sea and we were boosting at 10-11kts boat speed on a reach. good fun!