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Just In Passing ...
Over the years, there have been a raft of occasions when vessels have passed each other on the Manukau.
Herewith a few examples, a special sequence here, and one with a difference at the bottom!
"Milburn Carrier II" and "Spirit Of Vision"
 "Fijian" and "Westport" pass at 2.23pm, 16 September 1984
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 "Union Nelson" and "Westport" pass at 6.30am, 25 October 1983
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 "Auckland Express" and one of the "Awesome Foursome"
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 "Milburn Carrier II" and "Fijian"
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 "Frances" and "Giorgina"
Taken by Leonie Norton, Friends of the Manukau Harbour
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 "San Rakaia" and "Bacchante"
Taken by Leonie Norton, Friends of the Manukau Harobur
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 "Westport" and "San Hikurangi" pass on 8 September 2015
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 "Milburn Carrier II" and "Spirit Of Resolution" pass on 27 July 2012
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 "Margaret Phillipa" and "Spirit Of Resolution" source unknown
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 "Spirit Of Vision" and "Westport"
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"Auckland Express" races past "Fijian" in Jenkins Bay on 7 September 1985, watched by "Manukau".
The vessels are a mile apart, and "Fijian" is being pulled off a sandbank which she struck while making way for the "AuckEx"!!
Published in NZ Herald, 8 September 1985