Day 3 Position 35 42.182 S 174 39.254 E 1315NZT
Mark_needler
Professional Skipper
Thu 16 Aug 2012 01:19
24hrs run ~ 0!!!
nms
16/08/2012 We cleared customs
today at 1015 this morning carried out the sea commissioning on the new
Autopilot and at 1130 we left Smugglers bay and at present are making our way up
to coast to Matapuri. We have made a number of improvements and are carrying an
extra 60 litres of water, topped the diesel tanks up with 52 litres of fuel, I
suspect that it had a air block when it was filled the last time so it wasn’t
full when we left Auckland but at present we are sailing with Westerly winds at
about 6.6 knots. I think we are an
attractive yacht to the whales as already we have seen one
today!
Everything seems to be working
well and with the sun out its not a bad day on the
water. We will see what the next 24/ 48 hrs bring
us. Regards
Mark, Quentin &
Shawn |