We are less than 200 miles to NZ, and waiting for the wind to shift to the west as all the forecasts say it will. I sure hope it does soon or we will have to tack our way up to NZ and all our early westing may be for not. Wind is currently light, <10 knots, from the south. We are making decent speed as we are motoring with the main and jib.
Yesterday Gary spent most of the day fixing issues that arose due to being on starboard tack, such as one of the steering pulleys on the starboard side was seized. Although the actual fix was really easy, getting to the part to fix it was not. We had to take down all the sails, remove the mainsheet strop, pull out a cabinet in the kids' cabin, then he could access the pulley and lube it. He also realized he hadn't installed the lee clothe in Axel's bunk, since we hadn't needed it yet, and a few other items.
Everyone is in great spirits, but I think they will be raised more if the wind shifts west and picks up. Everyone is getting eager to get to NZ.
Cheers,
Julie
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