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pos: 34 30s 175 03e
Date: 09/10/2017 21:00 gmt+13:00
South of Cape Reinga now and very much in New Zealand waters. A night full of stars; our last night on passage most likely. Roast chicken dinner tonight.
Today we have had albatross, dolphins, massive rain squalls, cold fronts, warm fronts, torrential rain and brilliant sunshine. Brilliant, graceful sailing and nasty 180 degree wind changes causing chaos. 4 seasons in one day. Yes, we are back in NZ now.
We also have another kiwi yacht 2 miles astern; Yinka, racing us back into port.
Game on, as the most splendid adventure of Manutaki draws to a close for this season. The season finale, tonight, hopefully will not turn up any cliffhangers or nasty plot twists. Just a keen desire to try another season.
That's all for tonight, back to attempting to fend off Yinka.

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