Yeh! We have been cleared out of Australia by the helpful and patient men from Australian Border Force; cast off our lines and are heading off into the sunrise. Well, that sounds good but it is actually a bit later than sunrise because the tides have given us a very civilised 9am start. Are we excited? You bet! The boat is loaded up and the waterline is way down, but we are moving; and the weather forecasters are predicting very light winds, some of which will actually take us the way we want to go. In most of the trips we have done, we been short of time and ended up beating into strong winds so we will be very impressed if we do get good conditions and; although of course, we will need some wind. We expect to arrive in Noumea in about a week.
Whilst we are away we can be contacted by: Email svstylopora@gmail.com Text via sat phone - +88 424 211981 and Blog www.yit.co.nz/yacht/svstylopora