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It has been a busy week after the cyclone . Prparing the boat for launch and then launching . All work is now complete and this week the genset is commissioned and the sails will be put back on .

We found time for a little exploring after launch and on Friday drove to Durgaville, a sleepy timber town on the west coast for fish lunch and then on to view the ancient Kauri trees which still survive in pockets of rain forest . Some of these massive trees;the second tallest in the world are over 1200yrs  years old . They have huge trunks measuring 5m + and very small tubular and fragile root systems so one has to keep to the prepared path .

Car goes back tomorrow and we start to prepare for a shake down cruise ro Great Barrier island and the Coromandel peninsular at the end of the week