Category Archives: New Zealand

Passing Rarotonga – Day Four to New Zealand

Beautiful weather and conditions today, sunny with wind on the beam. Our noon to noon distance was just shy of 200 miles ? 198.1 miles. This evening after dinner as the sun was setting we spotted Rarotonga in the distance. A straight line course from Tahiti to New Zealand passes Read On..

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Day Three to NZ – Good Weather and Wind!

I’m a little fuzzy on how exactly to count these days – is our first “Day” our first day on the water that we left (Tuesday) or our first complete day after 24 hours on the boat? I’m not going to belabor the point with technicalities – Day 1 was Read On..

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First Day to New Zealand

The Trip so Far Well, we’ve been under way for more than twenty four hours and so far all is well. We ran the generator successfully to recharge the batteries, which is huge, and we’re moving along under sail power with only minimal motoring done so far. On leaving Tahiti Read On..

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