We were not successful in our attempt as we did not get a weather window satisfactory to us within the time we had to depart. So we spent a few days sailing the Northland Coast then returned to our mooring in Mahurangi. We plan to go in January instead. I am looking for crew with ocean experience for the trip so if you are interested please contact me on robin.smart2@bigpond.com .

we are planning to sail from Auckland to Sydney via Lord Howe leaving subject to weather the next full moon. Windshadow is a Tennant 11 m cat. There will be 3 POB, myself Robin Smart, my son Will, and Peter Boyle. We are up to Cat 1, also have a SPOT tracker,