[password] caesar

[position] 33 33.753s 174 34.818e

[weather] Situation as of 0600 hr 12 November
Wind: SE 10 kts
Sea: long SE 1-mtr swell
100% cloud cover
COG: 179T
SOG: 6 kts
144 nm to entrance to Marsden Cove Marina
ETA Marsden Cove: 0630 hrs 13 November

[status] 0600 hrs 12 November. Without looking at the chart plotter I know I'm finally in NZ waters. How? No sun. 100% cloud cover. Water is more greenish than blue. But the real telltale - it's cold. No more naked sailing. Bring out the woolies - whatever they are. Had to get out an instruction manual to figure out which way to put on socks I didn't know there was a left one and a right one. I pulled out a t-shirt that had been buried deep in a cabinet for months and couldn't remember what the two long things on each side were for. I miss the tropics already. Time to crawl under the duvet to do my watch. What is a duvet?

Cheers
John & Leilani

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