All packed
Kit issued, mid layers, outer gear, boots and crew polo shirts. Met some of the guys, Warren, Taff and Chinky so far from our crew. The others are off doing sea survival training.
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Well we are all packed, fed and briefed. Have been given extra stores for the boat and repair kit. These include winch handles, frying pans, cups, tin openers and spoons. None of which are obviously...
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747-400 and 11 hrs to HK, god it's messing up my body clock. Tried not sleeping as then I can hang on for NZ evening time and sleep then.
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Quick run to the transfer, nothing seemed cheaper to buy here. Prob a good thing!
View ArticleArrival in Auckland
We finally landed after almost 24 hrs flying, and almost the other side of the world. We were met by the NZ navy who are hosting us during our stay. Currently sat pool side in the naval base in 24 C....
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Have spent the morning walking around a sunny Auckland. Been up the 230m skytower, and watched people bungee off it, crazy. I would sail big oceans or drive at 165 mph but not that!Ahh the sun keeps...
View ArticleFirst day at the boat
Today gave us our first look at the boat. Not that it's sailing anywhere yet! Slight issues with the plumb line and draught right now. We are hoping boat people back in the uk can get it sorted, until...
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Yesterday gave us the chance to start going through basic sail rigging and how the skipper wants things done. Then the boat actually slipped the pontoon. Only for the compass to be swung and trued...
View ArticleAuckland Day
Today is a bank holiday here, so we have had the day off. Nice but I would still rather have been sailing. I went to the sea food festival down in the marina. Lots of local food and wine stalls, but...
View ArticleWell that was fun
Today we got to the marina, had a brief which basically said people in the UK are working on the load line issue. To assist them we had to measure the draught of the boat. But with EVERYTHING taken...
View ArticleGood omens
Well the skipper briefed us today that things are well. And all being good, we should slip the shore on Saturday. Today was spent learning to put the storm sails up, then the poles for down wind...
View ArticleWe went to sea!
With great relief we have been given the ok to sail :) Today we actually left the marina and got some real sailing done. Practiced hauling up the sails and then ways of doing the rigging. The main...
View ArticleAll the food packed
Today was food shopping day. The team was sent off to supermarket. They came back with $6500 NZ of food! The boat has been packed with a huge amount, a great job done by all. So we are nearly there,...
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Well we fueled up, put even more food on board, all the meat. I picked up some niceties. Just off watch at 8pm, had chicken fajitas for dinner all good. Few hours kip and up at midnight. Bunk looks...
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-37.30750000,178.956388899EWell it's day 2 and we made it through our first night shift. Very uneventful, still under motor power as there is zero wind. Had to fix the compass light this morning, all...
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-38.83858333,-179.440166677wWe started the day on mother watch still, getting people up for breakfast and watch change. Proved a little slow to get the on coming watch up, hope they sort themselves...
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-40.49246667,-176.864516677WAfter a nice sunrise sail till 8 am, left me craving my marmite toast. Suitably fed I then had a sleep till our lunch shift which I have just finished. 2 hr break then back...
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-42.65055,-173.441416677W So half way through the day. Had a long morning shift and a few reefs to put in and shake out. Decided my dry suit is the best money spent on anything, apart from getting warm...
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