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Location: 41° 15.8 S, 173° 16.8E
Monday 12:00, 05.07.2007
The Schooner Maggie B arrived in Nelson, NZ this morning at 0700. We are currently safely tied up in the Nelson Marina at 41° 15.8S, 173° 16.8E. The gale last night was about 50 miles East of us in the Cook Straits, where the wind tends to funnel. We got very little of the weather, which was fine with us. The crossing of the Tasman Sea was rather routine, with not much more than 30 knots. We thought that the area was rather over-hyped until we saw the large sloop moored next to us when we arrived, which had been dismasted two weeks ago coming here from Australia and heard the story of another sloop that had been rolled over three times after it had set out for Tasmania, and returned rather chastened.
Nelson looks lovely and we look forward to discovering it. We will have more news soon.
All is well.