The final day of sailing was without wind . The northerlies did not arrive so we ended up motoring the last few miles although Chris was still pleased with the crossing in 7 days 14hrs (only slightly slower than Kirk). Highlight of the final day was a school of pilot whales which crossed our track . We slowed to allow them to pass but soon found we were in the middle of them. Did not try and take photos, just enjoyed watching them. A large school including mothers and babies heading south for summer feeding grounds.
Customs and immigration was easy, we did not have much confiscated as we had eaten most of it and then it was up river to Riverside marina in Whangarie were we were welcomed as old friends. The new boiler was waiting but fitting was interrupted by missing connections that are presumably still in Tonga. We opened our last bottle of wine to go with the lovely fresh fried fish and chips from over the road, turned on the heating (it seems very cold) and had an early night