Tutukaka

Tutukaka Harbour

I suppose the wind had to arrive sometime. It was forecast, but we thought we might make it to Tutukaka before it was too strong. We reefed down about an hour later and put the radar on as heavy rain enveloped the coastline. Soon we were motoring into a headwind, avoiding big seas by keeping inshore once the visibility improved. We anchored in the harbour in the early afternoon. A local yacht called “La Di Da” arrived about an hour later and the skipper, Ray Morris, came over after supper for a chat. The next day, we walked round the marina in the next bay and took a stroll towards the lighthouse. On the way we met a family from Blackburn, Lancs, my home town. One of the women attended Billinge School, but was four years my junior. Small world indeed!