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NZ Bound #3: 541 miles till we get to where mullets are still a style

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541 left to go is the half way mark. We have been knocking out the miles and it’s getting more and more like the Champagne sailing we were told about. However, if we would have had any Champagne on board we would have no doubt shaken all the bubbles out, so we will just having some vinegar. same thing right?

Sunrise at 1/2 way. Cheers hoping today is a Champagne type of day

Finally shook one of the reefs out of the main sail. The wind had remained under 20 knots for a bit. Still have one more gear if we get too slow.

During our normal 24 hr mile mark, every 24 hours since starting, we only managed 196 miles to the destination. So close to the magical 200 mile day! However at SSB time checkin, the 24 hour distance since previous SSB check in the distance between check-ins was 200! Yippie!

What do you do on passage?

Crew doing crew stuff at 11 knots.

All good onboard, probably another 30 something hours till the wind does the “yeah naw” thing and switches all about and we slow down while the wind regroups from the opposite direction.

Doing our best to finish foods before arriving NZ ..

NZ Bound #3: 682 till jandals and togs return

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Return the normal everyday jargon and getting so say Yeah Naw! One day I hope to figure out if that means. Yes or No. 😎

This marks the first 400 nm down and on to the next mile stones.

Daytime run has been a bit better, started out sweet then a wimpy squall showed up. Wasn’t grown up, but just a bit of colder wind and spritzing shower, just enough to ruin a few hours of relatively comfortable sail. We will take it.

We have been knocking off the miles, and maintaining a decent course. We are approaching the Wednesday boats, well the slowest of them anyway. If the weather holds we should catch them in the dark. By catch, I mean stop in and see if the could spare a cup of sugar. Christine wants to make some cookies.

Red blob us, green below is Wednesday, green behind is our Thursday fleet.

The 2 red lines on the right are our previous runs down to NZ, that crazy one on the far right was when we were running from the cyclone. The boxes are about 60 miles square, thus we look close but still can’t see each other.

Going healthy for dinner Asian Chicken salad, courtesy of Becca on Halcyon so many years ago.

NZ Bound #3: 896 nm left to find Champgne

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Well 24 hrs down, plenty to go. The search for champagne sailing continues. Stomping grapes more adequately describes the seas out here. We did have a few hours of sparkling wine, not even Prosecco, where the wind and waves agreed on which direction to bounce us around. We all got some good solid rest during those precious hours before returning to the salt mine.

We might be starting a new business. Deep Water Salt, made from only happy salt. Happy salt jumps out of the ocean, sun dried and delivered fresh to your table. Since Deep Water Salt is happy, its also good for all your friends with high blood pressure.

New batch of happy salt jumping onboard.

Stop by in NZ and you can claim your very own.

Ps. Thats a puny small splash, that’s all I could get a picture of without getting drenched

All well onboard, knocked out 186 miles direct to NZ, the boat traveled 197 miles so even if it is bouncy we are doing well with barely 1/3 of our available sails. We have had 2 reefs in both sails since we started.