Well, if you have been following the adventures of Cap’n Doug and his trusty sidekick, Hakura, you will know that the motor broke down during the first 24 hours of the big trip to Tonga in 2013. You will also know that the decision had been made to fix the motor. So that was the story in the pervious blog. Have I tell you that the only constant in the universe is change? Well, no, oh then, it is. With Hakura safely back on the hard in the Riverside Drive Marina, Whangarei, and the parts ordered, you would think that it was only a matter of time and the engine would be fixed and Hakura would be relaunched. No such thing. This was forgetting the mischievous nature of the fates. Even though I had checked that
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