Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Minerva Reef Outbound Day 1

Hi everyone,

We departed North Minerva Reef at 0745 this morning in very still conditions.  We've been motoring all morning.  We're in company with at least six other yachts.  At noon we'd covered 22nm of the 790nm in our route direct to Opua.  Our ETA is Wednesday or Thursday next week.

Dawn Today

Most of our preparations were done yesterday afternoon.  So this morning it was simply a case of a last tidy below, attaching the main halyard, starting the donk and weighing the anchor.  The latter is still very heavy.

We expect to have several days of light airs, several thunderstormy days crossing a trough, and several in moderate to strong E-N winds.  Bu only time will tell!

Departing with sv Thestral following

Trust all's well where you are!


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