After 20 days in Opua marina we left this morning heading south towards Auckland. We anchored this afternoon in Mimiwhangata Bay along side Malachi who had left 2 days before us. Then we went for a great walk though pasture land. We are in the middle of nowhere. On the way back to the boat we noticed a glider on another beach and went over to investigate. It turns out the updraft's had not cooperated and he had to put it down 10 kilometers from his landing strip and had been waiting 3 hours for the crew to make it to him. They had a 4 wheel drive towing a trailer and made it out on to the beach with great effort to begin dismantling it before the tide came in. It's good to be away from the dock again but needed to be there for a while to get set up. We bought a car, cell phone etc.. and got Nathalie on a plane to France. She had a 1 hour flight to Auckland, then a 4 hour to Melbourne, then a 14 hour to Dubai, then a 7.5 hour to Paris. Add the lay over times and you have a tired girl. She will re-join us December 15th in Auckland. We miss her a lot but know we have to share her with her family. Lot's of her's in that sentence.