Well the holidays are upon us. Time to reflect….(well no thank you for me – I will pass on reflection this year). Just came back from TiriTiri Matangi island where I spent the weekend hiking and being lazy in the sun. Got sunburned because I forgot to put the sunscreen on. My friend Nora has just finished her 3rd year working there studying and writing her theses on Whiteheads birds. Yeah – pretty funny stuff if you ask me but she is into it so well what can one do. I am only kidding – she might be reading this and I dont want to get in trouble. Ok but seriously, it was great. Away from civilization, air does not get any fresher and have met some great people too. We had few glasses of wine in the evening and I took some pictures again. I have not been taking pictures for quite a while. I have to catch up with that. I am going to spend Christmas days with my other friends, doing the whole presents and eating thing. I am going to stay in Auckland for most part of the holidays so I am going to work and that makes people happy because they can take time off. I think I am going to be one of the few people working in this crazy country over next couple of weeks. Basically everything slows down and nobody works.
I have been sailing couple of times since my last post. Two overnight races around Waiheke island. One race on Iolanthe II and one on Stratocaster. Last one while I was on Stratocaster the friends on Iolanthe II had some interesting moments. Jochen got hit in a face with a running backstay (support line for a mast) while they were jibing (changing the sail from one side to another while the wind is behind you) and then few hours before sunrise they hit the rock hidden under the water in the waiheke channel. Well the bottom part of the boat (keel) basically hit it and slid over it. Very lucky. Not much damage as far as they can say.
I have also completed 8 week BoatMaster course organized by the Coastguard and got my silly certificate. Thats right watch out silly boats, I can take you on now. That was quite a bit of memorization of all of the sea road rules, lights, buoys, sounds signals, fog signals, distress signals, navy alphabet, distress calls, reading weather maps, gps, basic radio, etc…
I am really excited about new year. I have some great plans and hope to have lots of fun.
MARTIN,,, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A great 2008!!!
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