More on our bay hopping later, but we promised to pick up Steve Dashew (the Designer) in the Bay of Islands for a run back to Whangarei. Steve had been hoping for some really bad weather (“good” weather to him for testing the boat).
The New Zealand weather gods were accommodating and the day we picked up Steve, the skies were lead gray, spitting rain with rain squalls from time to time and winds gusting from strong gale to storm force. Not the kind of conditions one generally goes looking for, but just what Steve wanted to test out his new design.
The following link will take you to a post and some video on Steve’s website taken during our trip down to Whangarei.
Needless to say, we were very proud of how Iron Lady did in these conditions. It was a real confidence builder.