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Caduceus of Burnham - New Zealand Day 7 - Land ho New Zealand - Almost there




Date                1200 (UTC +11) Tuesday 11 2014

                       1400 (UTC+13) local time New Zealand

                       

Distance run    Last 24 hours 179nm over the ground, 178nm through the water

Distance (OG) covered from start 1022nm

Distance to destination 42nm 178nm made in the day

Original distance to Opua (direct route) 890nm


Leaving our turn towards our waypoint and resorting to full motor meant that we had a decreasing swell to motor into and initially with only a well sheeted in main we made just over 5 knots which was better than I had expected. From 1800 the wind gradually veered and we were able to first set the staysail and then the mizzen which gave us an increasingly good speed over the ground.   We were warned before we started that the next cold front and low were due in Late Tuesday or Wednesday morning and nothing had changed in that forecast, the barometer dropping 9mb in the day and the wind veering and lightening in advance of the front.  Our speed gradually increased and by noon we were clocking along at an average 8 knots which meant that we could look at a daylight arrival in Opua later in the day.


First light came up at 0345 followed by a great dawn.


As an additional treat we saw our first albatross of the trip, a great and beautiful sight (Sorry no photograph I was too busy enjoying the view).

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