May 22, 2021
All the forecasts call for strong wind for the next five days or more so our usual game of weather-chess begins. What’s the best move? Shall we go north? South? Head into a marina and sit it out?
We decided to go into Whangaroa, hoping that its huge cliffs would provide great protection from the blow (rather than funneling the down the cliffs and blowing the paint off the mast!).
Here’s where we sit now…
And here’s our neighborhood…
(You can enlarge any of the above pictures by clicking them. Full size, they really convey the grandeur of this place.) -Rich
