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    Fakarava to Rangiroa, via Toau

    Fakarava south to north

    Night from hell!

    Shoppin’n’stocking

    GlenNov 17, 2019November 28, 20190

    Sunday 17 Nov, HHN day 37: All day supermarket shopping & stocking If yesterday was the warm up to our stocking-up shopping, today we are in full swing. We head to Weis…

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    Start shopping for the big stock-up

    GlenNov 16, 2019November 22, 20190

    Saturday 16 Nov, HHN day 36: The big stocking up exercise begins … Well, sort of. Let’s just say a warm up to the exercise! A windy night, as predicted. But in…

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    Nerves abound as we amputate bits off the new Highfield dinghy

    GlenNov 15, 2019May 6, 20211

    Friday 15 Nov, HHN day 35: Making dinghy secure to davits, moving to shelter prior to impending Nor’easter and a shock review of our credit card spending! Today’s plan was to start…

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    Laptop woes. But sails are up again at long last.

    GlenNov 14, 2019May 6, 20210

    Thursday 14 Nov, HHN day 34: The day starts badly but when the sails are back on and boat tidy again, we are reinvigorated. IT disaster strikes. My laptop refuses to wake…

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    Can we squeeze everything in? Today the truth is revealed.

    GlenNov 13, 2019May 6, 20210

    Wednesday 13 Nov, HHN day 33: A very full day of stowing all our new goodies. We awake still aground sitting in 2.4m of water. It’s quite a step up to the…

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    Rain and cold. Mostly a splicing day.

    GlenNov 12, 2019May 6, 20210

    Tuesday 12 Nov, HHN day 32: Bitterly cold day. New dinghy davit strops spliced, cockpit tent up, engine room work completed … then we “run” aground. In the early hours the predicted…

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    Mast and rigging almost ready to go

    OanaNov 11, 2019May 6, 20212

    Monday 11 Nov, HHN day 31: last warm day for a while, so full-on outside jobs. Hydraulic motors finally go back in the furlers, halyards up the mast, bird avoidance devices removed…

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    Beware: Cling film does eat into stainless steel! This is not fake news.

    GlenNov 10, 2019May 6, 20210

    Sunday 10 Nov, HHN day 30: All day trying to get the burnt clingfilm off the furlers. Evening is toilet tasks. Next big job, on the path to sailing again, is to…

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