We just fueled up and checked out of the country! Currently motoring through the Bay of Islands with 3 knots of wind so not much going on at the moment. The only thing that sucks is we thought we had the leaky water tank fixed but when we tried filling it up this morning a new hole exploded out of the top of the tank. Looks like Ty n I are going to have to put down some new fiberglass n resin...
I hate being sea sick for the first few days....but we took hot showers in our own head n we are cookin dinner now. Full sails up. 10-15 kts of wind and less than 1 meter swells so we are doing alright!
Sunset day 1
Day 2
After dinner last night we noticed yet another rip in our genoa!! It ripped on the bottom where the sailmaker repaired it!! Wth!?!? We paid him $300 for a crap job and now we have to sail without it...which SUCKS..... Or find something onboard that we can patch it with...duct tape maybe????
Day 3
Well we knew today was going to be the start of the sucky weather n sure enough we got some squalls movin through. We put away the genoa since we know duct tape ain't gonna hold through a squall if there are high winds. We put up the staysail which is a tiny heavy sail for such occasions...aaaand we double reefed the main. Just in time too!! As we were tightening the last of the reefing line the wind picke up a little and we got pelted with rain. SOAKED! Dry now. Moderate seas but blue skies lay ahead:) since we haven't really been in the mood to eat I made some stuff to throw in the fridge that we can nibble on when we get the urge. Made a cool couscous and chickpea salad w grape tomatoes, fresh basil, artichoke and feta. Came out really good and boiled some eggs too but no one is eating anytime soon...doh!....I think it's time to lash a few things down in the galley...!!!
This little staysail came in handy when we had no main and now is coming in handy when we can't use our headsail. But it's definitely not a good stand in. We wouldn't be rocking so much if we had a headsail to steady us out and we'd be a lot more comfortable. Just made some tortillas for Ty now back to reading....and trying not to hurl....
A series of sunset shots tonight since we just passed a pretty big squall. This time we were ready tho. Double reef and staysail out. Got up to 33knts true!
Day 4
Wind finally shifted southerly so we are kinda downwind sailing now. Been sailing through this front all day an the swell has been choppy but wind has been pretty steady so we are making a somewhat comfortable 6 knots with the occasional swell slap.....slaps the boat, everything shakes n water goes over the top! Haven't really seen the sun all day so don't think we will have a sunset shot today:( oh and my tortillas didn't quite make the cut lol so threw the dough overboard.
Day 5
We were up all night battling squalls and a front. Wind kicke up to 30knts for a good while. We were sure to stay well reefed and it was pretty much all downwind so it didn't feel quite as bad but still gets the adrenaline goin ya know?...woke up to super sunny skies today and the swell is mostly from behind with wind back down to steady 15knts. We took down the main and we are just flying our genoa 'Patch'. :) 3 more days of this...it's lookin like we will be there the same day as bossman...
We're makin awesome time! Steady swell perfectly downwind. I totally missed the sunset today cuz we were too busy makin dinner which is awesome! Feeling wayyyy better and the headaches are gone:) so here's what I got...
Day 6
Spinnaker day!!!! Today we are flying the spinnaker for the first time! We have about 15kts of wind straight from behind and a pretty low steady swell pushin us along....
We crossed a lot of "to do's" off the list today so now all that's left is cleaning the boat up. Ty serviced the port winch today...
Day 7...
Are we there yet?! Geez....we took the spinnaker down around 3:30am because the wind kicked up to a steady 20kts and the swell was becoming bigger but choppy..the swell has circled around us now where it started on our port beam then came around behind us and is now on our starboard beam. We get little rain clouds every now n then but they don't seem to bring much more than 22-24knt winds on a broad reach so it's not so bad. The swell that's picked up has us doing some good surfing every now n again...but it's just not comfy...I can't wait to be in new cal...
sunset today...54 nautical miles away from new cal!
Day 8
Just made it through the pass to Noumea!! Took us just under 7 whole days to get here. We will make our way to one of the marinas to the Q dock to check in with customs, wash up, clean the boat, make the beds n head to the airport to pick up bossman at 4pm. :)
....made it....:)!!!
Toys!!! One of the things I love about bossmans visit is he always brings us toys! And really nice ones too!
Like this pro pirate telescope!
Oh and then there's this $800 fishing reel....
Boat looks good tho with all her cushions n stuff:)
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