David, Janet and Piet go to sea. I felt quite nervous about leaving the Whangarei River and not heading up the coast to anchor over night in some gorgeous Northland Harbour, but heading directly out into the ocean and whatever it held for us.
On this journey we crossed from eastern to western latitudes, an important distinction we failed to make in our original passage planning. However in the dead of night Piet had a flash of realisation and corrected the error saving us a few hours and miles of error.
Alas I was sick a lot on this journey. We had some good weather days and a 35 knot gale with really sloppy seas crashing. As it was dead on the nose we hove- to and rode it out. That piece of ocean is now like a place we visited for a while.
However we continued to eat well and our fresh food lasted all the way to Tonga. Many thanks to Lily for her delicious baking and Janey for the fabulous fruitcake that cheered up many a midnight watch.
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