Day 3 Position 37:34.24 S 176:16.76 E 1200NZT

Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Tue 17 Jun 2014 00:47
Yesterdays 24 hrs run was tragic @ 124.42 nms, but given the complete lack of wind and the weight of ‘SY Duende’ with water, fuel, food and bodies it wasn’t too bad a day at the office.
 
We left the Marina in Tauranga as soon as we could, we  actually left before the tide had gone slack, which makes getting the yacht into open water difficult with such a strong tidal flow.
 
Todays plan is to get round East cape and head to either Gisbourne or Napier dependent on the wind strength and direction. at the moment we have a beam on sea and wind! which doesn’t make for a smooth ride but we are making good time and expect to be at East cape in the early hours of Wednesday morning and then we will head down towards Gisbourne and Hawkes Bay.
 
 
Happy Sailing
 
Oliver, Alex and Mark