Less than 24 hours to go!
05 November 2015
Position as at 1200 6/5/15 - 39 19S. 173 40E
Speed 5.8 Knts
COG 208 T
Wind 10 Knts SSE
New Plymouth made amends for its poor (weather) reception by putting on a wonderful North Island farewell - calm blue seas, green pastures and a snow capped Mt Taranaki splendid against the clear blue sky. Our blissfully calm start was short lived however. As we rounded Cape Egmont the wind blew up from the South 20-25 Knts (forecast SE15), as the wind gods had a final laugh at our expense. Still, no turning back now and we are motor sailing the best course we can (towards Cape Farewell!). The wind is getting lighter now and will hopefully change direction a bit later to assist our final leg back to Nelson (we are ever hopefull). Still we can't complain too much as it's a wonderfully sunny clear day - we can even see the snowy peaks of Mt Ruapehu nearly 100 miles away! Been trying our luck with fishing today and have had some action from 'pest fish' but got excited when we pulled a Kingfish in, only to find that it was undersized - but we'll keep trying..... Should be in Nelson sometime Saturday morning, with or without fish.