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PART THREE OF A SMALL ADVENTURE“FOUR CAPES OF WAI POUNAMU”YACHT AVANTI – ALLIGATOR – NELSON, 2013More of the Tops?The route ahead would take us south of the Titi and Chetwode Islands andThe Nine Pin rock. Then north of Caldaff Point, Clay Point and from a fewmiles further on I would see through the opening between the mainland andDurville Island, that was the exciting French Pass (Aumiti).manoeuvred around us to land his passengers. The water is deepenough right up to the rock cliff behind us, but it did seem ratherclose at times. Next day we went uneventfully through French Passat slack water and set off for our destination of Croisille Harbour.ChetwodesOur last victualling had been at Picton and eight days later we wererunning short of fresh vegetables. There was a store at French Passvillage where there may have been greens to hold the scurvy atbay. On investigation we found that the store sold only groceries,frozen bread and ice-cream. The row and walk ashore must havebeen healthy as was the ice-cream which Margaret assured mewas an effective treatment for scurvy. Alongside the wharf wesighted an 11m launch submerged but still supported by the salvagevessel. The ferocious tide in French Pass had swept her onto therocks where she was badly holed and sank. We didn’t learn anymore details but it was a nice reminder to never take French Passlightly. It is always a dangerous place. The anchorage in the southwest corner of the bay was satisfactory for a quick visit ashorebut we were among several local fishing boats also there on theirmoorings. I felt that with the longer scope of our anchor chain wemight swing into one of them when the tide changed. The wind,although light was swirling round in the bay sending us hither andyon. In a word I didn’t feel happy about staying there the night inthe forecast northeast wind, so I weighed the anchor and steamedacross the eastern portal of French Pass and re-anchored in KapawaiBay. It is a snug little harbour well sheltered except from the south.The recommended anchorage is close by the end of the wharf andalthough it feels as if it blocked the French Pass – Durville Islandferryman’s approach to the wharf, he seemed not to worry andWest of the Pass the hidden and dangerous Beef Barrels reef isgiven a safe clearance by closing Two Island Point and then OkuriPoint to the south to half a mile, measured on the radar. This givesa safe clearing distance on the Beef Barrels to the north, some ofwhich can only be seen at low water. Off the north eastern entranceof Croisilles Harbour the shallow 3m deep MF’s Passage betweenthe Otuhaereroa Island and the mainland leads us into the quietwaters of Croisilles Harbour.Octateenarians (Octa-teen-arians) at Work:When boating in much of the Marlborough Sounds and at CroisillesHarbour there is no email or cell phone coverage and certainly noTV. I know now how difficult it is to live without cell phone oremail coverage. I can understand how teenagers get frantic whentheir cell phones are lost, stolen, banned or run out of money. Buthere you can at least climb 200m to the French Pass road wherecontact is possible. Another way of sending emails is to take Avantifive miles down the Harbour and out to sea were there is receptionon phones and computers. That is a round trip of 10nm at 5ktstaking two hours. However this morning salvation was at hand. Wewere invited to accompany friends on a fishing trip in their new2 tonne, 9m, fast launch. It has two 95hp outboards on the backgiving a cruising speed of 15kts and a top speed of about 27kts.Margaret and I readily agreed to the trip and by taking our iPadsand phones we could catch up on our email and phone calls after10 days of deprivation. Of course fishing was also important andbetween emailing I did catch the largest two blue cod which wasa fluke, because I practically never fish and am modest by nature.Thus the octateenarians managed to get their email fix. The nextmorning we did all those things that have to be done to the boatfor a thirty mile sea voyage along the North Coast from CroisillesHarbour to Nelson Haven. There was a light southeast breeze; thesun shone from a cloudless sky as we moved through the sparklingblue water. On that beautiful day for Margaret and I, time like thetide, was flowing gently to the west. We had enjoyed every mile ofour journey, but all too soon the entrance to the Haven would hovein sight and our voyage would end.French PassSalt Water in the Electrics - The Dead VHF Radio:Without any warning the Belcom VHF radio died. The power supplyfrom the ship’s batteries showed 12.5v on my ammeter and the twofuses were OK. It had to be a fault in the set which was a job forthe radio repair shop. When we arrived at Nelson I packed the VHFradio in my knapsack, jumped into the dinghy and rowed across themarina main channel to a pontoon owned by the large charter yacht“Yonder” which was tied up alongside. There was nobody about soI secured the inflatable to a bollard, and not noticing the securitygate, quietly sneaked ashore heading for Electronic Navigation Ltd.It was further along Vickerman St than I expected. The receptionistat ENL assured me that a technician would look at it the very nextday and give me a ring.Big Trouble with the Dinghy:On my return I found the security gate leading to the pontoon hadbeen padlocked and there was no way back down the long rampleading to ‘Yonder’ and my dinghy. With such a valuable yacht as‘Yonder’ there was probably a CCTV recording my every move. Idecided against climbing over/round/under the impenetrable gate.The only other way to reach the dinghy was from the shore whichincluded a little swim. Looking down from the Fishermen’s WharfI could see the route to take and some of the problems. It wasfortunate that it was spring low tide but the dinghy was three metresout beyond the low water mark. Climbing down the loose big-rockseawall bought me to a forest of razor sharp oysters, and then to theedge of the muddy bottom, still heading down into the murky depthsat 45 degrees. I stood on a small rock protruding from the mud andstripped down to my shorts, putting everything into my haversack.Holding my breath I tossed the bag the three metres onto thepontoon, confident I would soon retrieve it. I stepped off my littlerock onto the mud and immediately started to slide, only stoppingwhen the water was up to my chest. No matter I swam two metresand got hold of the dinghy. It was then that I remembered that Ihad never tried to climb aboard from the water and now found thatbecause of lack of agility and strength I was not capable of haulingmyself up and onto the sponson or over the stern. I wondered ifI had always visualized the outboard being clamped to the stern touse as a step to get up into the boat. But I had rowed over from‘Avanti’. There was no outboard and there was no step. Still tied tothe pontoon bollard the painter was beyond my reach. My optionswere to retrace my steps back up the slippery mud bottom, oysterbed and rock wall to the car park and walk home, or swim across thecanal to ‘Avanti’ and leave the dinghy there for the night. Hanging onand thinking about the problems I heard a voice close behind me.It was Australian Paul from ‘Midnight Sun’, our neighbour in themarina. From his yacht he had sighted my predicament and with hisfive year old son motored across in his dinghy to render assistance.He climbed into my dinghy and grasping me under the armpits liftedmy torso onto the stern. I then rolled into the boat ending curledup on the floor jammed between the port and starboard sponsonsand the seat. With a bit of a wriggle and another heave-ho fromPaul I got onto the seat and the drama was all over.We must Improve:During the next 24 hours I discussed the problem with my yachtingfriends and I had my own thoughts about what I could have donebetter and how to be prepared for next time.6 7

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Jason Clark Winter Series 2013 poweredby Seaview Sails & RiggingJasonJason Clark Winter Series 2013 poweredClark Winter Series 2013 2013 powered poweredbyby SeaviewSeaview SailsSails& & RiggingRiggingThis winter’s yacht racing series began on May 26th with fresh to strongnortherlies providing great sailing conditions. For Race 2 on the 16th Junewe had moderate easterlies with light rain – a good test for the wet weathergear! Baccante is performing well in the Relling Cup fleet, and Sunshine inthe two handed division, but its early days yet with eight races to go.Relling CupBoat Class SailNo HelmName Race 1 Race 2 ToTAlBacchante Farr 35 3777 Brian Cowper 1 1 2Moon Magic Townson 34 3986 Dan Middleton 4 3 7Escalation Marauder 28 8080 John Bulleyment 3 5 8Dauntless Beale 35 6766 Rob Johnston 8 4 12Winter Series Race Schedule 2013Lady of Avenel Tracker 7.7 3498 Dick Renouf 11 2 13High TideMark Ellmers Trophy Start (2-handed) (Karehana TideSailed: Race 2, Date Discards: Briefing 0, To count: Winter 2, time Entries: Series 11, Bay)Race Scoring Schedule system: Height Appendix 2013Race A Race typeHigh TideWinter Series Race Schedule 201315-May Boat Class Registration Start SailNoWinterand introductionSeries (Karehana HelmName toRacewinterScheduleracing Tide Race Mana 12013Cruising Race Club 2 1930 hours ToTAlRace Date Briefing time Bay)High TideHeight Race Race typeSunshine Lotus 9.2 3647 RossStart (Karehana High Hemara Tide 1 2 3TideLongRace15-MayDate Briefing StartRegistration andtime (KarehanaintroductionBay)to winter racingHeight TideMana CruisingRace Note: BBQ breakfastClub 1930 hoursRace typeRace Snow 26-May White Date Davidson Briefing 07:30 09:00 time 2002 Murray 10:04 Bay) Treweek 3.6 Height 5 Race 1 Race 1 at 0700 Race 6 type16-Jun 11:30 13:00 14:37 2.9 Race 2 Long15-MayRegistration and introduction to winter racing Mana Cruising ClubLong1930 hours15-May 30-Jun 12:00 Registration 13:30 and introduction 15:06 to winter 3.0 racing Race Mana 3 Cruising Note: Club BBQ Long 1930 breakfast hours26-May Dobson 07:30 35 09:00 4403 Kevin 10:04 Beach 3.612 DNC Race 1 3 at 0700 1514-Jul 10:15 11:45 13:14 3.0 4/5 Two short back-to-back16-Jun 11:30 13:00 14:37 2.9 Race 2 Long LongRaceNote: BBQ Long breakfast30-Jun 28-Jul 12:00 10:30 13:30 12:00 15:06 13:36 3.0 3.2 Race 6/73 Two short26-May 07:30 09:00 10:04 3.6 Race 1 Note: Long back-to-back BBQ at 0700 breakfast26-May 07:30 09:00 10:04 3.6 Race Race 1at 070016-Jun 14-Jul 11-Aug 11:30 10:15 09:00 11:45 10:30 13:00 13:14 12:04 14:37 3.0 3.3 2.9 4/5 8/9 Race Two 2 short back-to-back Long16-Jun 11:30 13:00 14:37 2.9 Race Race 2 Long30-Jun 25-Aug28-Jul 12:00 09:15 10:4510:30 12:00 13:30 12:1713:36 15:06 3.43.2 3.0 Race6/7 Race 10Two 3 Longshort back-to-back Long30-Jun 8-Sep 12:00 08:00 09:30 13:30 11:02 15:06 3.5 3.0 RaceRace Race 3 Mark Foy Long14-Jul 11-Aug 10:15 09:00 10:30 11:45 12:04 13:14 3.3 3.0 8/9 Race 4/5 Two short Two back-to-back short back-to-back14-Jul22-Sep10:1508:00 09:3011:4511:0713:143.53.025-Aug 09:15 10:45 12:17 3.4 Race 10 Race 4/5ReserveTwoDayshort back-to-backLong28-Jul 29-Sep 10:30 12:00 13:36 Prize giving day 3.2 Race 6/7 Two short back-to-back28-Jul 8-Sep 10:30 08:00 09:30 12:00 11:02 13:36 3.5 3.2 Race 6/7 Mark Two Foy short back-to-back11-Aug 22-Sep 09:00 08:00 09:30 10:30 11:07 12:04 3.5 3.3 Race 8/9 Reserve Two Day short back-to-back11-Aug 09:00 10:30 12:04 3.3 8/9 Two short back-to-back25-Aug 29-Sep 09:15 10:45 12:17 Prize giving day 3.4 Race 10 Long25-Aug 09:15 10:45 12:17 3.4 Race 10 Long8-Sep 08:00 09:30 11:02 3.5 Mark Foy8-Sep 08:00 09:30 11:02 3.5 Mark Foy22-Sep 08:00 09:30 11:07 3.5 Reserve Day22-Sep 08:00 09:30 11:07 3.5 Reserve DayZingara Lotus 9.2 4924 Hugh MacRae 2 4 6MoonlightExpressVesper Townson 38 8902 Dave Chalmers 3 12 DNC 15La Reina Townson 34 4067 Peter Gorman 4 12 DNC 16Fyne Spirit Freedom Mike Holibar 12 DNC 5 17Allora Davidson 35 4342 Murray Smith 6 12 DNC 18Blue Heron 119124 Ron Lovell 12 DNC 7 DNF 19Te Kuaka Ganley Terry Deverall 8 DNF 12 DNC 20Kimihia Townson 35 4342 Brian Romeril 12 DNC 12 DNC 24Kingfisher II Lotus 10.6 6730 Mike Hall 6 7 13Shamu Noelex 22 2778RongoaRichmond7 10 17Saffron Hanse 38 8895 Ian Richards 9 8 17Bullfinch Cavalier 36 2895 Hayden Braddock 2 19 DNC 21Elliot Ness Elliot 5.9 3626 Laurie Green 12 9 21Fiddlers Green Farr 920 SP 3730 Wayne Roberts 16 DNF 6 22Joshua Slocum 4596 Ritchie Haagh 5 19 DNC 24Stratagem Warwick 31 5136 Cliive Glover 10 19 DNC 29Pebble Rebel Bavaria 46 8959 Dean Porter 19 DNC 11 30Sassy Reactor 25 2077 Simon Law 19 DNC 13 DNF 32Kaia Neeley 7.9 8289 Phil Weekes 16 DNF 19 DNC 35Cool Change Noelex 22 3721 Kevin Beach 16 DNF 19 DNC 35La Boheme 8570 Phil Beavon 19 DNC 19 DNC 3814 15

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