Extra-tropical cyclone Fehi was heading our way and had been forecast to hit NZ several days in advance. We came back from our mini-trip to the Abel Tasman NP and tied ourselves securely into our berth to await the storm.
We awoke on Thursday to sultry, blustery weather and the wind gradually increased to the mid-30's, topping out at 42.5knots. It really wasn't too bad and there was no obvious damage to any of the other boats we could see in the marina, so we were a bit surprised later to find that there had been a lot of damage in Nelson, mainly due to flooding.
The biggest concern we had was watching the wooden pile that was holding our finger pontoon in place gradually disappear as the king tide rose. We wondered what would happen if it went under, but the flood water stopped about 30cm from the top.
