After a false start leaving from Hobart in some heavy weather and an equipment failure, he successfully made sail on the 9 March across the Tasman Sea arriving in Bluff, NZ on the 17th of March. From here he set out to Stewart Is and on to explore the Fiordland's of SW New Zealand. Then he made the trip up the east coast, Dunedin, Akaroa and Lyttelton (Christchurch) on his way through the Cook Strait stopping at Picton and then via Malbrough Sounds to Nelson.
Then the return Tasman Sea crossing, incorporating Balls Pyramid, Lord Howe Island and on to Coffs Harbour.
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