On the dock at Opua. Many thanks to Trish and David for the weather updates on the way down. David's descriptions allow us to visualise the passage of weather which is great.

COG 196T, SOG 5.0 knots motoring, Bar 1019, wind 5kn E, cloud 10 per cent, seas Flat. ETA Opua 6-8pm tonight, Yes!.

COG 168T, SOG 5.0 knots, Bar 1013, wind 19kn SSW, cloud 100 per cent, seas 1.5-2m. Motorsailing on a bouncy ride.

COG 178T, SOG 8.0 knots, Bar 1010, wind 20kn NNW, cloud 100 per cent, seas 1.0m. An eventful previous 24hrs. Our port side halyard used to lift tools up the mast snapped, thought ok no drama as the line had fallen on the deck. Furled in the heady to get ready to pole it out to go wing on wing. Unbeknown to us however there was still a lot of that snapped halyard up the mast. Once the sail was furled it whipped itself around the heady so it could not be unfurled. This resulted in Paul having to go up the mast at sea to free the line. Whilst this all went well we'd rather not have to go up the mast at sea again.

COG 180T, Bar 1014, wind 15kn NNE, cloud 30 per cent, seas 1.0m..

COG 182T, Bar 1014, wind 10kn ENE, cloud 5 per cent, seas 1.5 to 2.5m. time is 3pm Sunday.

COG 193T, Bar 1011, wind 16 kn E-ESE, cloud 10 per cent, seas 0.5m. So far a wonderful sail on easy seas. Cross fingers for the rest of the passage.

COG 224, Bar 1012, Great start to the passage with steady 18SE winds and 1-2m seas, 7-8 knots of boat speed, but sometimes strong current against us SOG 7.4 at present. 80% cloud. All well aboard.

Motoring from Vuda Marina and heading to Opua. ETA Nov 20. Mostly overcast and 12 knots from SW at this time.

In Musket Cove and assessing a Wednesday departure for Opua. Beautiful weather up here at present. Light southeasterly and almost zero cloud cover.

Arrived Lautoka at midday and all checked-in and looking forward to a good night's sleep. Wonderful to be here. We love it already and we are still anchored off the main wharf!

Another day motoring but managed to get sail up at 3am this morning for a soft ride to Navula Pass. ETA Lautoka is 12pm local time.

Oops! We were wondering what those land masses were. Turned right 1am and started the engine. We are motoring in a mirror sea this morning.

Sailing since yesterday morning and following the wind around to N at present. Very pleasant and some helpful squalls along the way. Fridge working again and had a small bird drop in for a few hours R&R. All in all a good 24 hrs.

Sailed overnight in se winds but back to motoring this morning. The fridge raw water pump has decided to play up so that's today's task.

Motoring still. Hoping to come across stray squalls for some wind.

Motorsailing most of the time so having showers, washing. No fish yet but getting warmer. No need for socks!

Running with just the main so still rolly - pole join coming apart so can't use. Wind died for a while last night and we motored for a few hours. Putting the fishing line out today.

Rock n Roll with wind behind but making good time.

On our way to Fiji, YES!.

Waiting in Opua for a weather window to Fiji. Hoping Sunday but looks uncertain.

testing SSB

Yes, we are actually on the water!

On anchor outside Russell in the Bay of Islands. Day clearing. Waiting for next weather window