If you haven’t already picked up on checking the position reports, please do. It allow you know where I’ve been and feel more connected. We’ve been able to sail a lot today and probably all night tonight so the fuel situation should be OK even with the long entrance into the Bay of Islands, Opua.
Yesterday was motoring all day and night. Sue and Mark on WIND CHASE waited for 2 hours for INTENTION to catch up to them and they generously floated to me 20 liters of diesel fuel they had extra. This should allow us to reach Opua sooner. I continue to be blown away by the cruising community as it is such a wonderfully helpful supportive group of people.
Today was all sailing to conserve fuel and get us in position to catch the wind shift to sail directly to Opua.
We are only 40 NM from the entrance to the Bay of Islands which is the beginning of the end of this longer than planned passage to Opua, NZ. WE will hopefully get to the Customs pier tonight,Sunday, Nov. 18, and get a good night’s sleep before drying out and cleaning up INTENTION. There may even be a hot shower available to make ourselves a little presentable to a majority of society and finding some warm clothes as it is much cooler here than Vanuatu or Fiji.
Love Jim