Shortly after 9am John, Jose and Carrie arrived to join us for the weekend. They are the parents/sister of Lissa who crewed for us down from Fiji last year. Because the forecast had the wind dropping by midday we were off as soon as they were settled.
The footbridge was already open so I called ahead requesting it stay open so within minutes we were out in the bay heading towards Waiheke. We raised the sails and looked for and found the wind. Seeing a lot of bird activity one the water I put out the fishing line. You never know.
We had to put and end to the fishing because it wasn’t long before we had three decent sized kahawai aboard. Lunch and dinner were more than sorted.
Tidewise our departure was far from ideal and we frequently had strong currents against us. The wind was a little fickle so we used the engines from time to time. When the wind dropped to unusable we tucked into Owhanake Bay for lunch. Lunch turned out to be bread, salad and raw kahawai with soy sauce and wasable. Utterly delicious.
We decided to press on so soon after lunch we motored an hour east to eventually arrived at Owhiti Bay where we had better protection from the wind and swell.
The bay had a few boats in but is definitely off the beaten track. Our guests all decided to go for a swim trying to encourage us to do so too. Their gasps upon entry and the time it took them to warm up upon return convinced us we made the right decision to stay behind. We are definitely spoiled by tropical water temperatures and the water here holds little attraction for us.
Just before sunset we gave Carrie the fun fair trip up the mast. Not for everyone but she seemed to enjoy it.
Evening dinner was delicious stir fried kahawai. We have plenty more left over. We had a nice evening chatting over a glass or two of wine.
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