Christmas 2020

Mackerel sky over Havelock

Scary mussels at Johnson Light

Chess players, Take In Bay

Thunder, lightning, and hail in Chance Bay

Hosing away a ton of ice

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Take In Bay (north) with Jack and Belinda (Sofia) on the south buoy. A mackerel sky might have been taken as a warning, "Mares' tails and mackerel scales make lofty ships to carry low sails", but we enjoyed good weather except for a dramatic thunderstorm shortly after we anchored for Boxing Day lunch in Chance Bay. In just ten minutes an estimated ton of ice collected on the deck. Logged 41.4 nm.

All Aboard!

 

They don't like it up 'em!

Great to have Brian Gallagher and his friend Mary on board the Orion for lunch in Havelock Marina.  Orion owes her second lease on life to Brian and his loyal crew who together did so much restoration work ten years ago. Not many of these small wooden trawlers from the 1960s have survived. Orion was built by Harold Saunders in 1962, converted and restored by Brian, and is now maintained by us. A lovely day spent telling each other short and tall stories. 

Seagull race

Havelock Seagull Race 2020