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Report #35 Picton, New Zealand February 4, 2016 Thursday Partly cloudy & 75 degrees Part # 3 of 3 Sailaway 63 Pictures


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Subject: Report #35   Picton, New Zealand   February 4, 2016   Thursday   Partly cloudy & 75 degrees   Part # 3 of 3    Sailaway     63 Pictures

Report # 35   Picton, New Zealand   February 4, 2016   Thursday   Partly cloudy & 75 degrees   Part # 3 of 3  Sail Away  63 Pictures

 

The sail away pictures………………

 

 

 

This tender belongs to Le Soleal

 

Fishing vessel

 

Racing sail boats

 

A gull

 

At anchor

 

Surrounded by gulls

 

Leaving the harbor at Picton

 

More racers

 

Locals taking down the gangway

 

Industrial port

 

Tugboat

 

We were turning around to head out to sea

 

Great views from the top

 

Wonder if they get lots of wind?

 

Lone boat

 

A float plane

 

Logs to be shipped

 

A gull

 

Le Soleal

 

Water's edge

 

Speedboat

 

A scenic cove

 

We had "watchers"

 

Looking down the Snout

 

Slow sail out

 

A taxi boat

 

Steep slope up the hill

 

Cruise ship pier

 

Half a dozen sail boats

 

Marina was full

 

Valley hidden behind the sound

 

Making good time

 

This is where we walked

 

A parking lot above the sound

 

Not our tender boat

 

Green kayak

 

Sailing out of the sound

 

Looking for dolphins

 

Zulu, a Lido waiter with spring rolls

 

Getting ready for the sail away party

 

Le Soleal

 

The local ferry

 

Many islands in the sound

 

Waikawa Harbor

 

The end of the road was Snout Point

 

Many hamlets along the water's edge

 

What a setting for a home

 

Private dock

 

The pilot boat

 

Land's end

 

Could get lost in here

 

Pilot heads off a fishing boat

 

Only access is by the water

 

Multi-colored hillsides

 

A water taxi for the compass adjustor

 

Hilltop house

 

Meadow and beach full of birds

 

Perfect spot for nesting birds

 

Rocks lit up by the setting sun

 

A gannet on the move

 

Hillsides in distance have wind generators

 

Still looking for dolphins

 

Many wind generators