Fiji to New Zealand: Day 5
Tue Nov 04 2025 0000 UTC, 33 20.763s 174 11.502e, Log: 10,119
All is well. We are presently broad reaching under reefed main and solent in 18 knots and confused 2M seas. We’re moving fast. 9 knots. Daggers at 1/3. We are headed to the barn! Another 200nm day! The third of this trip. Ok, it was actually 199.4nm noon-to-noon but I’m claiming credit anyway.
We’re routing west to 34:30S 174E to pick up better current before turning south to the entrance of the Bay of Islands.
The seas are beginning to smooth out. Finally, after 3 days of a real washing machine. Dave and I feel like eating for the first time. Richard has whipped up an amazing breakfast. Imagine cooking while standing on a basketball on tilt-a-whirl. That’s cooking aboard Roam right now.
120 miles to go.
Comments
Let’s hope it just keeps smoothing out!
The "Where's Roam?" tracking looks promising! Good luck with Customs!
Congratulations to the Krewe of SV Roam and all the people that help make it happen.
That meal looks amazing, even without the special challenges of cooking under these conditions!
You want Richard on your crew. He is the consummate galley magician (he is classically trained in Cordon Bleu). He also loves doing laundry. We joke that his favorite cologne is bleach.