OK, so we're now counting down the days until departure from our marina berth at Gulf Harbour. We have rented out the berth from mid April and need to be out so thought we'd sail up to the Bay of Islands to do our final preparations.

The weather is a bit variable at the moment but it looks like we'll be leaving on Sunday (9th April) or Monday (10th April). We want to get northward before we get hit with a bunch of northerly sector winds.

The final jobs are being ticked off but there's still plenty to do. The latest has been to have full heart health checks at a specialist cardiologists today, including resting ECG, stress ECG and ultra sound imaging of the heart at rest and under stress. All fine for both of us and passed with flying colours. One less thing to worry about.

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