Back in the Bay
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Mon 23 Feb 2009 18:23
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Hi Folks,
Sorry its been a few weeks since my last blogg, its
been all go again , the house is now ours so all that remains is to go back
to Wellington and do the refurb, first though Zephyr has to have some
TLC.
We drove from Wellington on Thursday up to
Auckland, 650 km which took us about 9 hrs, we went to stay with some old
boating friends who have settled in Auckland, well its not actually Auckland but
Devonport, a wonderful peninsular town with great views of the Hiraki gulf, you
know the place were the Americas cup took place, it turns out that they all
the boats are here this month, racing again but all the spats on the legal side,
the super rich owners falling out with each other all the time has some what
marred a good racing series, the Brits did well with Ben Aninsle at the
helm .
We went round and picked up our spare parts we
ordered prior to leaving Wellington, Ike our old friend from Rhythm had
already been onboard and stripped out the main water pump, ready for the new one
to be installed, not quite as simple as that as they don't stock the parts for
our centrifugal one so we have to install something else . . .
We arrived Saturday morning, the usual unload and
hump all the gear onboard, visit the store with all the other crap we don't
immediately need, saw a few friends that evening, Ike Becky and Dan who we
haven't seen since Bora Bora, they didn't arrive here till the 28th of December,
Paul and Anna a Dutch couple we also met in the Society Islands, she
is now pregnant, that number two as our other friends we have known since
Panama, Jason and Fiona have also been down that route , infact as we have known
them for over a year you could say we have seen it from beginning to end as she
gave birth to Molly May on the 18th of Jan 09.
And on that happy note I will end the blogg ,
news of Rob and Ruth is that they are down south in there camper van . with
skipper Rob at the helm and Ruth as a galley slave .....
The Opua Noah's
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