Kaipara

I got underway at 7:30 and in hindsight wished it had been 6:30. The calculation was that I reach the mouth at 1pm which was low tide then the incoming tide would give me a shove along toward Dargaville. There was about 20kph headwind for the first couple of hours as I came down the river and across to Shelly Bay For some reason the wind died off completely and I enjoyed glassy conditions for the…