Patea

14m 2009 Beneteau First 45

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Posted: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 - 20:25

Tolaga Bay, an unexpected surprise... Not normally a visiting yachts first place to visit, however Paul had to vacate the vessel early- Rory's cooking had the better of him (too many smiked bananas

Posted: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 - 06:33

East Cape!! New Zealand!! A very welcome sight to all aboard! The beginning of the end of what has been a mammoth mission, only made possible by at least a dozen wonderful crew who have joined us

Posted: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 - 21:33

The winds eased round behind us and we've taken off, sailing the angles she's fantastic on, and with just enough wind too generate a healthy swell from behind, we're surfing every wave and smashing

Posted: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 - 15:18

Just passed over Rumble III- unfortunately no pumice to collect, which is a damn crying shame cos my feet are in desperate need of a bit of TLC after 4 months at sea.. Beautiful sunny day after

Posted: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 - 15:45

Just got buzzed by an Orion- Welcome to NZ waters!!

Posted: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 - 10:21

Bit of change of weather since the night before, as 30+ knots, driving rain and seriously lumpy seas tossed us around all night, with pretty much every item that was securely stowed on the starboard

Posted: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 - 19:27

After another mill pond, mirror-like night at sea with the peaceful sound of a Yanmar diesel purring away in our ears, we're finally into the forecast northerly breezes- building from the NE as

Posted: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 - 16:09

And we're back on the right side of the date line! With NZ due south of us and a big-arse blow due west of us which is going to take us home in a hurry, I think we're getting ready to come home

Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 - 20:18

And now its died right off again... At least there are storm clouds on the horizon to give us a hurry up in the middle of the night?!?

Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 - 19:42

After most of the day with variable 2-3 knots, and on the motor for all of it, its now back to blowing hard again- on the nose, 15 knots of Southerly. Still making going south very challenging

Posted: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 - 14:09

On the nose, 15 knots of Southerly, which is making going south very challenging....

Posted: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 - 16:09

24 hours of motoring in breathless, mirror like conditions, which is nice to sleep in, but not great for making distance... Or conserving fuel.. Finally a southerly has kicked in and is building, but

Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 - 18:45

Beans. Thats what we need apparently. Something about generating wind when you need it. I'm not convinced to be honest. But more so than Rorys future directions for sailing in windless environments

Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 - 18:06

Argh, 2 hours of glorius SE 'trades' and we're smoking along for a bit, then it drops and we're twiddling the thumbs, dum-de-doo... Still, its the best looking office view imaginable:)

Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 - 19:21

Argh, a couple of hours of wind from 0-5 knots from all the way round the compass, and another freaking fish tearing off with the lure and half my line! Didn't see this one though so it wasn't a

Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 - 09:57

Stopped at the lights, indicator on, looked both ways, then leeeeeeft turn!

Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 - 12:30

Sheesh, did someone say that it was cool??!? Its back to roasting again- where's that coooool NZ breeze gone? And worse still- we ran out of apples today. There was almost fisty cuffs and a mutiny as

Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 - 08:42

Blew past Beveredge Reef yesterday afternoon, and just passing Niue now, to the north. Looks like we'll start to turn for NZ in the next 12 hours as the forecast wind comes around:)

Posted: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 - 10:00

I'm hoping we're into the wind system now that will take us all the way home, fingers crossed.. Its blowing directly from NZ, and there is a distinct chill in the air coming straight of Ruapehu (I'm

Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 - 15:42

Had a bit of breeze come through yesterday, blew over 35knots from the south for a good couple of hours, then gradually settled into a more manageable 25 for the rest of the night- good for making

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