Similarly, whenever there are two sailboats within sight (or just within knowledge) of each other on any ocean or coastal passage, there’s a race on.
It takes some honesty to be clear about these things. And Captain Nemo is a winner in both scenarios. No contest.
Lesley and I pulled into The Nook, a favourite and sheltered anchorage just inside Whangarei Harbour, on our way to do an Up the Creek story.
And there she (he?), one of those purposeful-looking, no-nonsense, unpainted aluminium, definitely French-design ocean passage-makers. This was a boat worth investigating. So I swam on over, while Lesley was doing a tour of the bay in the rubber dinghy, photographing. Naturally featured.
