Passage to Mahia

Today was a typical day of passage making. The wind was good to us most of the day and we were averaging about 7-8kt on a beam reach. It was a little bit slower than the night before when we maxed out down a wave doing 12.3kt - but it's probably a good thing we don't do that speed all the time or we might start breaking things, or people!

With just the two of us on board, the passage making feels a bit like you're in a fuzzy half sleep mode the whole time. Roughly taking two hour shifts each, or until you can't keep your eyes open any longer and you can get the other person to take over. Both of us definitely had our eyes closed at one point or another while on the helm. Fortunately our auto helm knows which way to go!

We had a couple more visits from dolphins today which was really nice. And they hung around for 20 minutes at a time.

As we approached Mahia Peninsula, the wind moved north as per the forecast and we headed into Mahia Bay so we could put the anchor down and get some rest while the northerly blows through. We got the anchor down just after 11pm and quickly got some food into our stomachs (the conditions were quite lumpy so we were both existing off muesli bars). Then it was into bed for both of us.Read more