About to leave…  Saturday, 21/06/2024

Apologies for not posting for a while… I have been hoping to report that all is ready for departure. It now is! The final work was finished during the week, and it is now a case of waiting for the best weather conditions to leave. It looks like this coming Wednesday will be departure day. The key is trying to avoid systems of high wind that come across the Tasman Sea, while also avoiding the worst of the windless patches that frequently arise heading north from New Zealand. 

I don’t really have much to add to that. I will post a brief comment just before departure in order to confirm. And then of course, after what will probably be a nine or ten day voyage to Vanuatu, I will have rather more to say!