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[status] Glen and Rod departed Auckland on Monday afternoon at 5.30pm after waiting for the wind to drop, we sailed through the night and arrived in Opua at 1.15pm on Tuesday afternoon. Jillian left Auckland by car with Karl late morning on Wednesday.
We had a good night at the Opua cruising club with Graeme, Sue, Ben and Helen joining us for dinner.
This morning we cleared customs after having breakfast at the cafe and departed Opua for Minerva Reef about 10.30am.
We are having a great sail in 15-20 knots and are just over 50 miles from Opua.
The potatoes are in the oven, as we prepare for our first night at sea.
Karl has just spotted a pod of large dolphins at first thinking they were whales.
Great to be at sea again.

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