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[status] In all the excitement of arriving, I forgot to post an update! We had an ?interesting? last night at sea. We had a front come through which was not pleasant. The forecast was high 20s, gusting mid 30s, but it was actually mid 30s, gusting 40s. And a 3m swell. Luckily it was from the north so we weren?t bashing into it. We had a small amount of our Genoa out and no mainsail at all, and were scorching along doing high 8s, 9s, and even 10s and 11s surfing down waves. Steve and Seaforth were fine, but I was somewhat anxious! Still, we made it through. The winds started easing during the early hours, and we ended up having to motor into Bay of Islands as the sun came up. We arrived at the Q dock at about 10.30am, and waited for customs who were clearing a large launch that had come in from Tonga. They had a dog search their boat, and we thought we?d get the same, but they decided not to do a full search. Maybe we looked too shattered and disheveled! We splashed out and got a berth at the marina, and after 15 minute showers, had a couple of G&Ts with a late lunch, decided to have a nap, and woke up 14 hours later!

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