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Bike Ride

As I still had some internet work to do my plan for the first part of the day was to go ashore by 7am, pick up some pies, cycle to the hotel again, get the work done and then get back to the boat at a decent time for the ride. Unfortunately I was initially […]

Fire Dancing

Yesterday was another day when our prior plans were superseded by other activities. Yesterday we needed to spend some time focusing on family matters. In the morning I went ashore to pick up SIM card and some minutes for my mobile phone. It’s amazing that we’re in the middle of nowhere practically and we can […]

Aitutaki, Southern Cooks

The weather on our last days passage to Aitutaki was not kind to us. For most of the day the wind dropped to around 9-10 knots from practically behind us. Having had the Code Zero up all the night before we left it up all day. We managed to make between 4 and 5 knots […]

Approaching Aitutaki

Hopes for arrival today, the 17th, are now dwindling. We’ve had the Code Zero up all night with winds around 10 knots. We can average 4.5kts in this but it’s not enough to arrive in daylight. Right now, it’s not enough to arrive before midnight. I fixed the speed log yesterday which I should have […]

Wind

There’s not enough of it and it’s coming from right behind us. At least we have our new Code Zero. Otherwise we’d be pulling our hair out. The wind also can’t decide where to come from. For a while it was coming from the north east. We’ve jibed the Code Zero three times today getting […]