Picture of Joy in the galley - clearly has found her sea legs!

We've had favourable winds today coming from the SE and even some ESE. The sunshine is great and warms us up. We are now all using thermals at night on watch and our wet weather gear. Temperatures certainly have dropped and we are left in no doubt that we are no where near the tropics. A single squall overnight of 25kts across the deck, associated with a close cloud that we could easily see with the eye as well as on the radar. We are enjoying hot meals and treats on board. Had bacon and egg toasted sandwiches (which are definitely up there when it comes to favourite food). Some of the crew even indulged with deck showers (warm). Dinner was spaghetti beaf stroganoff followed by tinned fruit and homemade yoghurt. Looking forward to a good nights sailing.

Received a satellite phone call from Customs to let us know that they are expecting us and that we will be given a few hours to prepare to leave the boat and go into quarantine. Despite KTD effectively been in our bubble they have further said that we will be taken to Auckland MIQ in separate busses. Rather disappointed but thems the rules I’m afraid. Have yet to find out details about how and where we leave the yacht. We will give them a ring when we are in NZ phone range and found out more. Part of me thinks that a few days recovering in a hotel with endless hot water, a bed on the level, food that we did not have to prepare just delivered to the door 3 times a day easy access