We had a busy morning getting the boat ready to depart. I cleaned the boat while we had marina water

We had a taxi booked at 10am to take us to Paihia where we took the passenger ferry to Russell.

The sun came and went all day, which was pretty tricky for doing laundry. I had to listen to the

What a night’s sleep. Even Rowan didn’t wake up until after 8am. It took us all morning to catch up

Rowan woke up a little worse for wear, it was a gravelly welcome to customs who were on board at

We all had rather restricted sleep last night, the excitement of nearly being in NZ kept us going. The sea

I’m writing this on my midnight shift. The wind has picked up and coming from behind us. At the moment

Phil got 32 flying fish off the deck this morning before I had even got up. I went straight back

I’m writing this on my 3-6am shift. Not much of a night’s sleep, we had a particularly bouncy stage, the

Nobody had a very good sleep, Sporty Spice the Code Zero sail, partially unwrapped during my watch, which caused a