Entry Date: 18.11.2020, at 13:34:28 hrs (local)

Whangarei - Kaikoura

Sunrise in the Bay of Plenty

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PRID: 12051
LegID: 326
LegNo: 74
Latitude: S037°08.11'
Longitude: E177°16.12'
Day#: 989
Log (Day): 111 nm
Log (Leg): 183 nm
Log (Total): 52184 nm
Since our arrival in New Zealand one year ago we have just spent the first night sailing on the ocean again. The distance from Great Barrier Island to the East Cape over the Bay of Plenty is about 150 nm.

White Island is located in the middle of this big 120 nm wide and 50 nm deep bay. That island became infamous one year ago, when an eruption of that volcano had killed 21 people.
At the horizon about 20 nm to the south we can see a white cloud of ash or water vapor partly covering the island. The air out here has a scent of sulfur in it.

But to the east there is the great Pacific Ocean and at its end is Chile. That is not our destination. But the sunrise over the horizon is just beautiful.