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As we get to used to living on a boat and learning all the systems of this particular boat, there are a lot of firsts.

Thursday a week ago we were going to go out for a docking lesson for me from Amanda, a Kiwi sailor who is quite famous. She was the rigger on the boat Maiden, with an all-female skipper and crew that sailed in the Whitbread Around the World Race in 1989. However, when we were about to leave the dock, we discovered the bow thruster and the anchor windlass weren’t working, so we postponed the lesson for another day.

Saturday Riki fixed the anchor windlass (yay!!) while I took the kids to the Maker Space at the public library. Sunday we left to meet up with our friends David, Kate & Tilly on S/V Walrus at Waiwhapuku Bay on Moturua Island.

Kate & David invited us over for dinner, along with their friends Daniel & Grace. Kate made us a feast: bbq chicken, sausages, potato salad, and green salad. They had champagne and toasted to our first night at anchor. It was such a lovely evening, and we stayed until 10 pm.

We had fun playing on the beach and doing a short hike on the island.

On the sail back to Opua we put up the mainsail for the first time. The kids basically stayed below and played cards the whole time underway. Luz felt seasick, came up & threw up in a bucket, and went right back down. I think Luz and I will be the ones who suffer most from seasickness. I can barely go below when we are underway during day sails. On passages, I can usually go below without feeling sick after the first day. It was so fun to leave the marina and be at anchor for the night!