April 25, 2016
We finally made it to Nelson!
A brief history of our journey to Nelson…
We originally thought we’d head here from Fiji in November, 2014, but no, the weather didn’t cooperate, so we went to New Caledonia to wait for better weather.
It never came, the better weather that is, so we went to Australia.
Then in November, we sat in Fiji again, waiting for weather to get to Nelson. It never came, so we went to Bay of Islands thinking we’d go up around the north cape and down the west side of New Zealand when the weather was right.
It was never right, and didn’t look like it ever would be, so we poked our way down the NZ east coast, making a lot of stops and having a lot of fun.
Finally, we left Napier for the South Island. But that was not to be. The weather changed and we ended up in Wellington.
After a short while there, we got the weather to get to the South Island but now there was no point in going straight to Nelson, when we could cruise the Marlborough Sounds and the Abel Tasman National Park on the way.
That’s what we’ve been doing for the past almost two months. We’d intended to stay one more night in the Abel Tasman, but there was no room at the inn. The bay at Kaiteriteri was completely full of moorings, and a giant water ski area and there was no room for poor little Legacy. Off we went. And now, after four grueling hours of bashing into 20 knots, we’re here – finally!
Time to get ready to leave for the tropics!
-Rich
