March 6, 2016
We’re on our way to the South Island and in the roaring forties.
This is a notorious area of the Southern Ocean where wind, waves and storms gallop around the globe, unabated by land masses. Shhhh! Don’t wake the beast. So far, it’s smooth and flat!
Hopefully it’ll stay that way for another day or more. We are cruising down the coast of the North Island of New Zealand and it’ll hopefully block the worst of what the ocean can do down here. The break between the two islands that we must cross, the Cook Straight, might not be so calm. Keep your fingers crossed for us! -Rich