We are arriving today after a 'shaking sailing' tonight without our main sail. Yesterday in the afternoon we discovered the top car that holds the sail in the track of the mast was broken. We drop the main sail and we are using only the genoa and the boat is less steady. We are glad we saw the problem and we were less than a day to Opua. Other than the sail problem we had a great day yesterday. Nina baked again and Lucas plays with the LEGO. Werner and I were able to rest and get ready for a night arrival in New Zealand. Getting closer to the coast we need to be more careful to spot other boats and also to maintain the course.

Getting close to Opua is strange, we had a dream to cruise as a family and we finished going around the world. It's a big accomplishment and now we are going back to the land life. Every time we have big changes in our life is always challenging but we follow our dreams and I feel proud that we did it.

What next? It's time for us to go back to land life. Werner is getting back to work and Nina and Lucas are going back to the school. I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet but I have plenty to do until we all get organised back in Hamilton. Werner will start to work only in January and the school are in holidays until February. We will spend some time in Bay of Islands enjoying our last days of our cruising life before we take the boat to Auckland. I'll try to upload more pictures of the trip since Chile when we get a good internet connection.

15 miles to GO!