Obviously I have a need for speed! Who knew NZ had so many speed cameras? I found out when tickets started to pile up in our mailbox that we never checked unless an essential boat part was being delivered, aka Temu. All I can say is it was good thing the car wasn’t registered in my name.

We are still speeding along on the ocean highway toward NZ, is it day 3 or twelve I can’t keep track. BUT we did keep track that we just covered 218 nm in just 24 hours toward our destination, and that’s “sweet as”.

To celebrate I grilled up some steaks at 10 knots, well we had to eat them before NZ confiscated them. If we had some champagne we could have enjoyed that too as most of the day has been fast and moderately comfortable considering it’s really an ocean out here.

Weather news from the SSB and forecasts say we need to be arriving before the next weather system. Everything is looking good on our end to arrive the day before. As we continue to pass some of the boats that left the day before we did.

One bit of sad news today. I was re-enacting a recent episode where the wave splashed and completely soaked me. Arms flailing and knocked myself in my head. Don’t worry, my head is fine. The tragedy was very traumatic, the ball cap that kept my nose from the sun for the past 2 years and covered all my unkempt gray hair went to find Neptune. No one will recognize me without that well bleached piece of advertising on my head. So we dropped sails, put a full stop man overboard drill and …. Yeah Naw, not a chance and ruin our 24 hr average? Fresh one from the closet, back to black. Maybe the boat “#southernwinds” will find my hat as I rescued one of theirs floating by just before we left Fiji. 🇫🇯.

All well onboard,