
Woody Weekend Coming Up

Photos below ex Suzie Wang (Manapouri)
CYA Launch Cruise to Riverhead Hotel
Yesterdays cruise up the upper reaches of the Waitemata Harbour to the waterside Riverhead Hotel was just one of those days – great weather, cool boats & nice people.
David Cooke (Trinidad) & my wife Robyn several weeks ago came up with the idea of splitting the trip into two & having a raft-up for pre-lunch drinks. Now that might not seem like rocket science but the launch group do not normally raft-up, what happens in a bay is everyone wants to secure a good spot to anchor & the boats get spread out across the bay. Todays raft-up was a winner & the vote was “lets do this again”.
With the new extensions to the hotel, the venue has just got even better & with our own area, the afternoon was very relaxed.
Great to catch up with those that made the trip by car & extra cool to see Ian Gavin with a smile on his face, a burger in one hand & a beer in the other – proof that that the big C doesn’t always win 🙂
Special thanks to Michelle Khan & Tony Stevenson for piloting the NZ Yachting Trusts big tender, Whistleblower, that provide a safe & dry transfers from the boats to the hotel wharf.
Certainly not wood but it made me laugh 🙂
Do not be fooled by the ‘old’ effects on the photo, I ‘dated’ it. A few CYA launches here that we do not see nowadays 😦