The Green Green Grass of Home - November 2016
Balvenie
Mark Farrell & Amanda Church
Thu 24 Nov 2016 05:42
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Day 6 Underway Minerva Reef
to Opua, New Zealand
Position at 6 22pm 23 Nov
34 30.712s 174 17.694e
Heading 180T, Speed 4.5 knots sailing
Sunny skioes, quite
warm
Light winds and flat seas, wind just started to
fill in again a couple of hours ago
Miles to run 34 to Customs Dock in
Opua
24 hour run 140 miles, under motor until 4pm this afternoon
1710 HRS - LAND AHOY ON THE STARBOARD BOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We finally sighted land just over an hour ago, think its the Cavalli
Islands, now Cape Brett has come into view also We have slowed
down now we are sailing again and may just get in at dawn, cant believe this is
it
The numbers for the party at the yacht club have reached over 60, its going
to be a great night on Sunday, the end of an era and in case you missed it
yesyterday ~~~~~~~ DID I MENTION WE HAVE
CIRCUMNAVIGATED?????????? |