Paw Paw - Log Day 293: Looking forward to "Land Ahoy"

Elaine had the pleasure of enjoying another amazing sunrise, accompanied by the brighest and largest "green flash" she has seen to date. It was a wonderful start to a glorious day, under blue, sunny skies wirh a scattering of fluffy white clouds on the distant horizon and flat seas.

Roy prepared delicious omelettes for breakfast in order to use some of the fresh produce we still have aboard, but cannot take into New Zealand. After breakfast Elaine decided to take advantage of the flat seas to get Paw Paw looking a little more presentable for the quarantine, customs and immigration officials who will board Paw Paw on arrival and then indulged herself with a nice hot shower, thanks to all the motoring we've been doing.

For now though, with roughly 220NM to go, we're looking forward to" land ahoy" having altered course again to accommodate the strong counter current we are experiencing every night.

We also had another first on Paw Paw in the early hours of this morning. Roy woke Elaine for the last of the night watches, but while making an early morning cup of tea for us, he wondered why she was taking so long to come up to the saloon. On further investigations he found her fast asleep - After being woken up initially she had simply turned over and went right back to sleep. Needless to say she was absolutely mortified when Roy had to wake her a second time!