Day 3 Position 35 42.182 S 174 39.254 E 1315NZT

Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Thu 16 Aug 2012 01:19
24hrs run ~ 0!!!
nms 16/08/2012
 
     We cleared customs today at 1015 this morning carried out the sea commissioning on the new Autopilot and at 1130 we left Smugglers bay and at present are making our way up to coast to Matapuri. We have made a number of improvements and are carrying an extra 60 litres of water, topped the diesel tanks up with 52 litres of fuel, I suspect that it had a air block when it was filled the last time so it wasn’t full when we left Auckland but at present we are sailing with Westerly winds at about 6.6 knots.
    I think we are an attractive yacht to the whales as already we have seen one today!
 
    Everything seems to be working well and with the sun out its not a bad day on the water.
 
We will see what the next 24/ 48 hrs bring us.
 
 
Regards
 
 
Mark, Quentin & Shawn