A sailing friend recently commented that “it really reads as though you want to be done and over with like a horse that smells its stable,...only 1800 miles of the best sailing area in the world, provided one is in the mood for it.” And I would have to admit that is perhaps not too far off the mark. I have cleared out of Tonga and will leave in the morning. Next stop … Australia.  But the sailing is by no means over.

All is well.