Hibernation over
Spindrift
David Hersey
Mon 11 May 2009 07:49
I have cleverly gone from the English winter to the onset of the New Zealand winter, having managed to completely miss the Kiwi summer. Very good planning.
We are currently loading up a new computer with all the boat stuff and should have it all finished in a couple of days. We still haven't tested the new sails properly and hope to do so in a few days. The weather here is cold and squallly so the sooner we leave the better.
I've returned au bateau a bit later than originally planned as Demetra and I decided to "freshen up" the house and have been living with builders since November apart from the two months we had to move out. Anyway we're very pleased with the results.
We are hoping to return to Papeete where the family can easily join the boat, but it may be too late in the season. The trip entails going due East from Auckland until "under" the Australs and then hanging a left or should say a "port." If it looks like were going to get too beat up in the Southern Ocean we will opt for a more Northerly destination.
The plan is to do a big anti clockwise circle in the Pacific hopefilly reaching the Solomen Islands and then working our way back towards Brisbane or Auckland before Christmas.. Given the current pirate situation in the Indian Ocean we have decided to ship the boat to to Florida next January/February arriving sometime in March 2010. We will be back in Greece later next Summer.
The diary will return in earnest when we leave.