Chinese New Year & Leaving Mahia

After a fantastic sleep in to recuperate from our trek up from Wellington, we awoke to a flat, albeit windy, anchorage. Today marked Chinese New Year, so after we had raised ourselves, we made a small feast of Chinese food to celebrate.

The surrounding area where we had anchored was pretty sparse, but the cliffs along the Mahia Peninsula were impressive.

We chilled out for the rest of the day, waiting for the northerly winds to make way for the forecast south westerly. At about 8.30pm we hauled up the anchor and pointed our bow into the sunset. The south westerly hadn't quite come through yet, but the now casting showed it was in at Napier so it was on its way!

After a few hours of bashing into the wind once we passed the end of Mahia Peninsula, the south westerly arrived later than expected, but we were sure glad when it showed up!Read more