January 23, 2022
We motor-sailed about 52 miles today, mostly upwind, to get to Great Mercury Island. We’re really winging this voyage and the weather is getting in the way with our plan formulating. As it looks right now, we’ll leave in the morning for a 2 day, 285 mile sail to Hawkes Bay.
In the mean time, where are some pictures we took this evening…
Above is the western end of Great Mercury Island, were people most often anchor. From this shot, there are three bays visible. From left to right, they are Huruhi, where we are anchored, Parapara (our usual go-to anchorage), and White Beach.
The boat ride was kind of long and uneventful today. Cyndi worked on her boomer-selfie-stick skills and when we get somewhere we plan to stay for a few days, we’ll try to post a video with said newly developed skills.
-Rich
