February 11, 2019
After a very warm welcome and kind assistance from Barry, the Otago Yacht Club manager, we’re in and tied up after a pleasant, 200 mile motorsail down from from Christchurch. It’s crackling with nature and life down here. We had albatross as constant companions and frequent Hector’s dolphin escorts and bunch of terns, petrels and other birds beyond our abilities to identify. Here are some pictures but be warned, they were at the limit of our cameras zoomability.
We also had do dodge a few kelp patties. While not usually remarkable, we haven’t seen these very often since leaving California, where they were a constant companion in our pre-cruising boating and scuba diving lives.
Here’s where we are and where we came from…
-Rich
