Saturday, December 21, 2013 in Oneroa Bay, Waiheke Island
Plan A, Wednesday… “We can stay here at Kawau another day, then hit a bunch of islands on the way to Auckland. We can work our way all the way to Waiheke. If the south-westerlies come up, it might be difficult to get from there to Auckland, but it should be OK. We don’t need to be there for another week or more. Maybe I should look at a more recent weather forecast?”
Plan B, Thursday Morning… Now, it looks like the wind will come up and blow pretty hard until Saturday. Maybe I should try to get a berth in Auckland starting Sunday – with the break in the wind Sunday, we should be able to get there. We will have a great time here in Kawau until then.
Plan C, Thursday Afternoon… Got the berth. Got a new weather forecast. Things have changed. Strong winds as far out as they dare predict (read: dare guess). I wonder if we will be able to get to Auckland on Sunday? We may have to stay right here for part of next week.
Plan D maybe, Thursday Night… “Cyndi, if the wind is light when we wake up tomorrow morning, maybe we should try to get to the Whangaparoa Peninsula in the morning before the wind comes up?”
Plan E, 4:30 AM Friday… “Cyndi, are you awake? It’s not blowing. Maybe we should head to Auckland now? We can anchor there until our berth is ready. What do you think?”
Plan E, Implimented – 5:04 AM Friday… we are motoring out of Sunny Bay in Bon Accord Harbor at Kawau Island, heading south but not quite knowing where we might stop.
Plan F, 7:00 AM Friday… It’s not so bad out here. After one more uncomfortable hour, it should be pretty easy to get to Waiheke (the wine island). “What do you say, Cyndi? Shall we go for Waiheke?”
Plan F versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 at 12:34 PM Friday at Waiheke… “Maybe we can rent a taxi tomorrow for a few hours and go wine tasting.” “Here’s a tourist info center, lets ask about the bus.” “They rent cars, lets reserve one for tomorrow.”
It’s Saturday morning now and we have a car reserved. Wine tasting and touring it is! The heck with the forecast winds, we’ll get to Auckland tomorrow, somehow. -Rich
