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| Opua - misty morning |
After
several days on a mooring near Opua Sadiqi's
skipper felt
like he was starting to
emerge from under the rock that he seemed
to have
crawled shortly after leaving Australia. Times had moved on in
the first world,
despite
the miles sailed, the skipper had not. A few weeks, either moored or anchored near Opua in the beautiful Bay
of Islands, I motored two miles and anchored near the Russell Boat
Club. Russell is an enchanting small town.
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| Russell Boat Club |
This
has been a huge year of sailing. Since leaving Panama in January 2015
Sadiqi has sailed close to 8,000 miles, that's a third of the
circumference of the earth. It has been an amazing adventure so far.
I am still living the dream and I have no regrets. I'd like to thank
all those who supported me on this adventure and helped make it
possible. A huge thank you to Pats who handled my mail and paid the
bills back in the “real world”. Another huge thank you to the
ship's surgeon Rob and Susan for medical advice and words of wisdom.
Thanks to the many interesting and fun people I've met along the way
who became friends. Thanks also to you who have read this Sadiqi
blog. This blog has given me the opportunity to share the adventure.
With close to 49,000 hits I guess some people managed to tolerate my,
deliberate of course, spelling and grammatical blunders. Thanks to
those who gently offered suggestions and corrections. I'm grateful to
Google for providing the service free of direct charges.
Sadiqi
will continue to chase sunsets.
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| Sadiqi anchored in Urupukapuka Bay, BoI |
