To New Zealand, and beyond....

Well New Calednoia has been a strange and wonderful time, France on the wrong side of the world with all the joys of du pain, du vin and du fromage (I don't like Boursin), high heeled ladies and slightly lecherous men, it's all here, plus a totally different and very beautiful landscape to the rest of the pacific
So we came and saw a huge amount of rather large fish including manta rays under the boat on passage and barracudas just hanging out in our shadow

But it really is time to go, New Zealand is calling and this adventure has to come to a close sometime. We have great crew to get us back down south, so we had our last monthly wash

and I tied my niece to the top of the mast where she serves as not only a really good look out but also as our guardian angel

So I am getting myself and the boat ready for passage, mostly by throwing buckets of cold water over myself whilst fully dressed and vomiting into a bucket but I am looking forward to a week at sea with nothing around and time for reflection on this last life changing six months. I'll let you know when we're safely home, thanks for being with me