Tuesday 8 November 2011

sand flies by the thousand

Coordinates:35 46 S 174 37E
Bearing:150
Boat Speed:4
Wind Direction:SW
Wind Strength:13
Sea state:lumpy

Crew health: great

late yesterday the wind dropped and we motored into Bland Bay which is between Tutukaka and Cape Brett , a pleasant small bay. We anchored overnight and today it has been light variable wind as we sailed slowly along the coast . We are currently approaching Bream Head. Yesterday after I had sent the blog we were invaded by an immense cloud of thousands of sand flies which settled all over the boat . They did not bite us but were everywhere - most have blown away today - most odd,

Caught two barracuda today, they certainly have fearsome teeth - we did not fancy eating them and put them back into the water.
With the winds as they are it is still too soon to give an ETA

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