Thread: A Fiordland Charter.

I was fortunate enough to tag along on a charter recently on the Cindy Hardy operated by Fiordland cruises.
It started with the 11.5 hour drive from Nelson to Te Anau.





A bloody excellent meal at a local bar/restaurant and a night at the top ten holiday park,6am I was off to buy some coffees, This far south in june it was still dark at 730am and didnt really lighten up properly till 830-9am if overcast so lots of my photos are shit due to low light.
We had a bit of time up our sleaves before catching the helicopter so went out for a cooked breakfast and a look in the local sports shop.
Dont plug your barrel boys and girls.



Into the bird.





Once on board and settled in/safety briefed we steamed off out into Dusky sound and put two racing sardines in the water who were champing at the bit and picked up some cray pots, the boys were only in the water a minute no more and already one was holding up a good sized cray!









Forcast was a bit average with the next morning being the best so we anchored up in a we shelterd cove for the night and headed for the open sea in the morning.

Part two to follow.