[password] zara1010[position]35 11.739s 174 01.653e[status] Back at home no=
w. The plan to stay in Opua and socialise whilst we waited for the rigging =
and stanchion repairs was thwarted by the weather - the worst part of our t=
rip was the 35kn beat to windward to get from Russell - where we'd stopped =
to share coffee and cake with two other boats who'd left Noumea just a day =
before us - back to our mooring. The timing of our arrival to the bay at th=
e bottom of the garden was perfect=2C the weather lightened up for about 30=
mins=2C we packed the basics - laptops=2C duvet=2C tea-bags and toothbrush=
es - got into the dinghy and made it into the house just as the next squall=
arrived. =
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