| The ships then sailed to Blind Bay and anchored in the Astrolabe roadstead. |
| The island prospered as thousands of homeward-bound vessels anchored in the roadstead in a year, staying for considerable periods, refitting and revictualling. |
| The port area is relatively shallow, and tenders serve larger ships at a roadstead in Poverty Bay. |
| Most of the shipwrecks in the roadstead here are due to these south-eastern squalls. |
| In the meantime, some visiting boats anchor out in the roadstead and their crews dinghy in to the adjacent, landlocked municipal marina. |
| About five it returned, gentle enough, enabling us to head for the roadstead. |
