I have talked with Hamish today.  He tells me that they have cleared out from customs and they are leaving Tongatapu this afternoon. Aurelia will head down to Minerva reef (about 200m) for a planned stop there.  Expect to take about 30 hours for the trip to Minerva.

We talked mainly about the weather – which looks promising so long as the wee system developing in the Tasman on Tuesday behaves as predicted.

Depending on the weather the ETA in New Zealand is Friday.