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Covered 62km to reach Waipapa Bay. First 30km were great, surfing with a north easterly wind behind us. Then the wind died. Five minutes later we were paddling into a headwind! Hope to reach Kaikoura tomorrow, then have a day off on Saturday. Will be having whisky in our tea tonight!
[alex on behalf of jc]
Reached Cape Campbell after 69km. Had to fight against a 5 knot tide out of Tory Channel. Fog and light headwind in the morning with tide later. Saw a shark, an albatross and dolphins.
[alex on behalf of jc]
Settled in at Okukari Bay. 41km slog against a headwind most of the day, until we hit and OK longer pretty inside passage. We made 5 knots against the wind! Been invited to dinner with locals.
[alex on behalf of jc]
Near Cape Jackson 73km on. Tide reached 9 knots at French Pass! We had 90 minutes lunch stop at French Pass for ice cream (first day we landed for lunch since day 2! ). The tide was with us lots but the wind and tide were against us around the cape. We only had 50 minutes of light left when we finally found a place to land. We were cooking in the dark when we were told off for being on private land. We’ve made friends now though!
[alex on behalf of jc]