Duet on Passage
Duet
Simon and Kitty van Hagen
Sat 12 Jul 2008 17:31
18:59:10S
175:05:38E
You have to have a plan B. We departed Fiji with all intention
of heading to Opua, New Zealand. The weather looked pretty good, 20 knots from
ESE. However the grib files were not telling the truth. Once out of the pass the
wind was SE and 25-30+ with even higher gusts. It took less than a minute to
look at each other and decide to turn right and head for New Caledonia. Our
friend can still fly back from there and we can have a bit of cruise before
heading south again. For a cruising boat to spend 5 days in one place must be
some kind of a record.