Thursday 16 th to Sunday 19th of January
Thursday 16 th :
Christchurch : Doug Atkin takes care of us, driving us to a ship lander then to be supermarket. On the afternoon, Thierry builds a new sail in the Surf House workshop.
Friday 17 th :
We start to paddle round Banks Peninsula but shorten the way do not let us take full sight of its beauty.
Saturday 18 th :
Splendid day, pushed by the the wind in a 2 m swell along volcanic vertical cliffs. Then group of Hector dolphins swim and play under our bow for more than an hour, some seals follow quietly our stern. On the afternoon, getting sheltered from the wind, we can relaxe and enjoy the scenery.
Sunday 19th
Winds have been favorable until now, which is nice as we attack Canterbury Bay : a 135 km stretch of strait coast lines up with its well known shore breaks. Hopefully, with only 1 m of swell, it so Akins landing next to 3 young peoples fishing small sandbar sharks.