Day 9 Position Report 29 32.46 S 168 28.42 W 1200FPT
Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Sat 10 Mar 2012 22:11
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The last couple of days we have been making
160nms days, I have amended my delivery log spread sheet so that i can get a
24hrs figure every 4hour shift just to keep an eye on things. in the last 24hrs
midday to midday We covered 159nms and we are now only 950.5 nms from Auckland
clearance dock near Westhaven marina.
Over the past twelve hour we have been motor sailing
with the main up, only because with the wind directly behind we can control the
main via a preventer better than we can the genoa and to be honest the foresail
was flapping around too much.
There as been some light rain today up to midday
anyhow, about which I shall be writing a pretty stern letter to our travel
agents Ross & Anne as this was never mentioned in the travel Brochure!! We
will be topping off the diesel tanks in the next hour. Just in case that the
weather takes a turn for the worse and it is not conducive to pouring diesel
into the tanks in the near future.
It is noticeable getting cooler at night now and the
day time temp has dropped to a chilling 29C ‘ that's especially for you folks in
the Northern hemisphere lol!”
All is good apart from that and at the moment we look set for a 16/17th
March arrival into Auckland
Cheers
Jess, Mark & Ashley |