We managed to stern tie to the line twice as we decided after the first time that we wanted a bit more anchor chain out. Isa watched on as we fumbled with the Pythagorean theorem
George Sound
We zipped over to the island and within seconds were completely bombarded by sand flies. They were up our noses, in our hair, everywhere. We checked out the line as efficiently as we possibly could, checked that the reported water line was actually flowing (as we needed to fill water tanks - one reason we wanted to go into this little spot) and got outta there as fast as we could.
Milford Sound
... it amazes me that in a space of 43' x 12' that there can still be things to do. He is installing a GPS antenna for the AIS system which will hopefully improve our location finding ability. Due to the steep nature of the Fiords, our GPS on our iPad is very erratic
Greetings from Invercargill
A huge 'thank you' to Michele Herald who sent us a very useful email with info containing medical provider locations and most importantly the information that Invercargill was closer to us than Queenstown (news to us).
Day 4 Nelson to Fiordland
Date: Monday, February 8th 2021 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 44° 36′ S, 168° 49′ E COG: 103°T SOG: 4.5 kts Distance to the Fiordland: 0 nm approx 24 hr. Distance covered: 120 nm We made it! Pretty epic. We finally found the wind in the last 24 hours. It steadily grew until it …
Day 3 Nelson to Fiordland
Date: Sunday February 7th 2021 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 43° 03′ S, 169° 22′ E COG: 218°T SOG: 4.5 kts Distance to the Fiordland: 100 nm approx 24 hr. Distance covered: 98 nm We had the CRAZIEST luminescing jellyfish last night. It was a little like we’d got on the magic school bus …
Day 2 Nelson to Fiordland
Date: Saturday, February 6th 2021 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 41° 47′ S, 170° 44′ E COG: 201°T SOG: 2.4 kts Distance to the Fiordland: 258 nm approx 24 hr. Distance covered: 94 nm We’ve had a very uneventful 24 hours. There was hardly a breath of wind all night long as the engine …
Day 1 Nelson to Fiordland
Date: Friday, February 5th 2021 Time: 23:00 UTC (12pm local) Location: 40° 31′ S, 176° 00′ E COG:209 °T SOG: 4.2 kts Distance to the Milford (Deepwater Cove): 358 nm approx. 24 hr. Distance covered: 102 nm The first 24 hours of our passage were a little hit and miss. We got out a bit …
Heading Out
We have just dropped the mooring and are headed out into the Tasman Bay. The weather window to head south is not perfect, but the best we might get for several weeks. The reason it’s not perfect is because it looks a bit light (which really isn’t a bad thing when heading south). Wish us …
South by Land
We were very pretty busy either taking Isa to her workshops, masterclasses or orchestral performances, or volunteering in some way. Adelaide had a great time plugging into the teen program in the evenings.