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Becalmed 12^th July

Today has been disappointing as we were very much looking forward to an afternoon adventure in Napier. Instead we have been anchored not far offshore since noon waiting for another cargo ship to load up and be off. The hour to expect the pilot keeps being put back 1500, 1600 and now 1700 is even not looking likely as the ship is still in port. It takes an hour to get into port and then usually another hour or so for customs clearance so we might have a night walk around the town if we are lucky. There go our plans to upload our blog, post some mail and stock up on any little treats we might need for the 15 day trip across the Pacific. It looks like our view of art deco Napier may even be confined to reading the tourist brochures in the cupboard and talking about what we might have seen and done. Even though we are late in plans are still in place to push off on schedule in the morning.