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First Blog for Southern Cross 2014 Cruise

May 08, 2014 - 19:15
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Just joined this Yacht in Transit site, a great service. We will endeavor to add blogs when in port and with internet. Otherwise we will contact the crew that run this website by HF Radio and they will update our position on a map so you can see where we are. Currently at the Bay of Islands NZ, plan on spending a couple of weeks here and a little North and then leave for Tonga. The Rainbow Warrior scuttled by the French is sitting in about 20m of water a few hours North so will go for a dive on that. More soon once we get organized with this blogging business. Cheerio Braye

Southern Cross

Fixed the navigation lights

April 21, 2014 - 20:11
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There were no more excuses, we had arrived in the Bay of Islands with time to spare. Now was the time to attack the navigation lights. We crawled on our hands and knees, pulling and pushing wires that were bundled up in the bilges, tracing which wire was what. Eventually we found the problem.
Somewhere under the motor, the wire to the nav lights had been cut - recently. Why, we don;t know. Next came the challenge of drawing new wire through to connect everything up again. With perseverance and great team work we got it sorted. All working now. By the time we put the boat back together again (3 hours after we started) it was time for a well-deserved gin! In peaceful Paroa Bay for the night, will head over the Opua to join the rest of the fleet tomorrow. Happy Easter!

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