James Wilding

Arrived in NZ (again)

Sunday, 8. November 2009, 21:34:23

Arrived in NZ, Bay of Islands, Opua from New Caledonia after a slow 6.5 day trip. Good progress up to Norfolk but we were pushed west which added to the miles. Running engines for passage making really sucks as far as I am concerned but we did not have much choice in the mostly light winds for the rest of the trip. We could have waited for the wind or a storm but if you are familiar with the weather in this part of the world you would burn the diesel anyday. A journey to NZ by sea where you did not encouter a storm or suffer damage is a good trip. We had a good trip.

Visitors to Vanuatu

Comments

53north # 11. November 2009, 03:08

The Summer months down there are liable to be seismically active - if you head West at all, come by the Tasman Sea..
=o}
that's alot of ocean you covered in 6 days...
Best Wishes.

53north # 16. November 2009, 18:09

Btw, my blog's moving for 2010:
http://53north-gempa.blogspot.com/
cheers