After 2 months in Auckland it will be a sad farwell tomorrow. I have enjoyed my last two months refitting the boat by week and spending the weekends exploring the NZ countryside. All the workers on the boat created a high standard of work and she is now put together. Today we went out for a test sail that was not sucessful due to a few system failures and I had a steep learning curve. We are going to go for a test sail tomorrow morning at 7:30am and if all goes well we will send the riggers and sailmakers back in by RIB so that we can clear customs and leave immediately. I have a flight to catch out of Sydney on the 20th to make so it looks like my first visit to Australia will involve seeing the Opera House from boat as we enter the harbor and then less than 16 hours later seeing it below me from a 747.

 UPDATE: We have postponed departure until December 15th due to an adverse weather scenario building in the Tasman. This means no christmas tree shopping trip with my newphew Henry 🙁 oh well this is the nature of my job.