June 4, 2016
Another change in plans! It’s a little after six in the morning, pitch black and freezing cold and we’re underway, heading to someplace north of here.
That’s as specific as we can be. We are going to head up the east coast of New Zealand and see how far we can get before the winds start to blow from the north. We’ve been waiting in Nelson for a weather pattern that would get us to New Caledonia and it looked like we might get it about the 1oth but that’s falling apart now on the forecast models. We think we have a better chance of good passage if we leave from further north, so here we go! It’ll take us about two days to reach Napier. We need to get at least that far. –Rich
