Day 13 Position Report 33 59.74 S 179 02.82 W 1200FPT

Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Wed 14 Mar 2012 23:05
Almost there!!!
 
Here’s the boring stuff! in the last 24hrs there were 154nms covered, we are 45nms from the date line and have 346 nms until we reach Auckland
 
    As always we are pushing a current which seems to be a trend for this trip but we are more than happy to be hitting dry land and grabbing a couple of cold beers. The forecast
winds didn’t last as long as predicted and again the wind is behind and not particularly strong heading towards NZ.
 
    Once we hit Auckland and have cleared all the entry formalities it will be a case of a clean up on the yacht and then off home or where after a couple of beers at the yacht club.
 
Well we are not counting our chickens yet the bloody winds more or less crapped out on us again, so I guess I'll making a few phone calls on the way in to let people know what the score is.
 
You know I’ve had my deliveries where I thought the yacht really wanted to get to its destination and I’ve had a few that put up a little resistance but this one is like the preverbal dog going into the vets, when it knows its going to get jabbed with a needle!!! the brakes are on right from the start! But in this case the current not Wilhelm.
 
 
Cheers
Mark