Location 37° 2S 176° 30E
Monday12:00, 06.04.2007

The Schooner Maggie B was at 37° 02S 176° 30E at noon on June 4th. We are power sailing towards Whitianga, where we hope to be tied up tonight at their little marina. We will be there for the next gale, which is due tomorrow.

Whitianga is small, 3500 people, but the Lonely Planet guide makes it sound interesting. We will probably rent a car to see some of the sights in the area, including Hot Bath Beach, where one shovels out a hole in the beach near low tide, which produces your own hot tub from thermal water.

There is also a man in Whitianga who will teach you how to make your own Maori bone carving. He must have bought up all the used dentist drills from miles around.

Once this next blow is over, we will slide around the corner of the Coromandel Peninsula into the Hauraki Gulf. It is a complicated route into Auckland and we are headed all the way into the center of the city to the Viaduct Marina, so we will be sure to time it for daytime (for a change…)

All is well.