November 30th 2013 at 2:00AM in Opua, New Zealand
First, happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the U.S. of A. We celebrated the holiday at sea by getting bashed around on our last day of the passage from Fiji to New Zealand – not fun. Oh well, we’re here now. We’re tied up to the customs dock and ready for some sleep – after some champagne! We made it in 8-1/2 days, almost exactly. We traveled 1066 nautical miles to get here (1080 miles though the water – we lost 14 miles due to opposing current). Tired, tired, tired. Drink, drink, drink. Sleeeeeeep. -Rich
