Off (Again) to New Zealand

We are about 5 miles out of Noumea harbor right now and clipping along at between 6.5 and 7 knots on a beam reach. Very small seas since we are still inside the barrier reef around New Caledonia and headed for the exit to the outside. We are headed towards Norfolk Island which is between New Zealand and Australia. The forecast is not great but nothing has looked perfect for weeks now. Several other Kiwi boats are headed out in just a few minutes so we will have lots of company around us (Stelite, Wind Chase and Cartref/Cardref). The idea is to go south and see what the weather does. There may be a bit of a nasty blow in about 3-4 days but that could all change by then. We'll see. You can anchor on the north side of Norfolk is you need to wait for some bad weather to pass by and some good to come along so we may well do that.

It is bloody hot down below here since the engine has been on and Cindy was making banana nut bread before in the oven so I will sign off. We may be to NZ as early as the 15th (local date) or as late as the 19th but we will certainly update the blog and Yotreps as we go. Wish us a good passage.

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