Just sitting at Oneroa after haul out bottom paint in stuff across to Coro then back to Whanga

At Pier21 waiting till next week for boat show

We had a wonderful sail to Mercury Cove stayed the night and today we sailed down Whangamata. We are in our marina berth. Tomorrow we will be picked up by family to go back to Rotorua.

We left Whangamumu Bay for the Barrier early am. We are on our homeward journey to Whangamata. Then we will be picked up after finish cleaning C9

<p>YA WE HAVE ARRIVED AT OPUA. IT IS 2300HRS AND DEAD FLAT, NO WIND. GLAD TO BE BACK EXCEPT IT IS VERY COLD.</p>

90 miles to go. yee ha

ANOTHER LUMPY NIGHT, LITTLE MORE SLEEP. WE SAILED TILL 0230HRS, NOW MOTOR SAILING. ABOUT 90 NMILES TO RUN TO OPUA. ETA LATE TONIGHT.

VERY LITTLE SLEEP ON C9 LAST NIGHT, SEA ROUGH AND LUMPY. PUT IN 2ND REEF IN MAIN.

all is well

sounds nice and good they are motoring to keep speed up

another pleasant night, made bread while on watch, very comfortable so far.

<p>HAD A LOVELY PM AND NIGHT. ENJOYED BBQ STEAK AND SALAD FOR DINNER. STILL NO FISH. NICK DID GET ONE ON THE LINE, BUT LOST IT. WE ARE NOW MOTORING</p>

<p>WE WERE GOING REALLY GREAT, BUT AFTER GETTING WEATHER UPDATE TOLD TO SLOW DOWN. WHICH WE HAVE DONE. IT IS VERY PLEASANT OUT HERE. WE WANT TO MISS THE BAD WEATHER.</p>

<p>LOVELY NIGHT, GENTLE SEAS, GOT THE FISHING LINE OUT. SUN UP MOTOR SAILING</p>

<p>rough seas progressing ok. all well on board</p>

Just cleared customs at Lautoka Easy as head for Navula pass to Opua

Just cleared custom at Lautoka. On our way with Nick, Trudi and Fraser

<p>cloud 2-3 kts E 1014 moved to Tropica resort for a change &nbsp;still would like to leave Friday or sat</p>

<p>Overcast 16kts had a couple of nice days at Musket getting boat prepared Trudi &nbsp;doing &nbsp;passage meals . Hopefully Fraser to arrive Wednesday for &nbsp;for Friday depart &nbsp;but still depends on weather Gurus</p>