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Timshel - Niue to Tonga Day 1



We could definitely have stayed longer at the lovely island of Niue! Most of the fleet left during the night/very early morning aiming to arrive Thurs in daylight. Not being so fast, we opted to continue to catch up with sleep and attempt to time it so we arrive Fri morning. Also we thought we needed daylight to get the anchor up - though it was OK and didn't get stuck (Lars picked a good spot for us!). We moved to a (now vacant) mooring to complete final preparations, and went back to the mooring to sort the mainsail that had jammed. We eventually crossed the line at 13.37 (Bora Bora time), closely followed by Lexington and Zeeland. Good sailing wing and wing making 6 knots or so, Lexington went past making good progress with her twin headsails and later Zeeland caught up too. There is now a moon (waxing gibbous) at least for the first part of the night which is nice. But unfortunately the wind is dying away - maybe it will come back? Note: timings for Tonga are complicated by the fact that we cross the International Date Line en route, so we lose a day - but which one?

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