Day 2: Fiji to New Zealand
Sat Nov 01 2025 0000 UTC, 24 31.117s 176 08.242e, Log: 9579.
All is well. Another 200+nm day (noon-noon 203nm). We are presently broad reaching under full main and code 65. Daggers at 1/3. For most of the last day, we’ve been under full main and solent. The wind has lightened a little and shifted left. Seas are lumpy and confused at around 1.5M. That minimizes our inspiration in the galley, but everyone is doing well.
We broke out some frozen jambalaya today. Along with a fresh cucumber salad. First hot food we’ve felt like eating since leaving. It takes time to get your sea legs.
The boat is sailing well and we are hanging with the big dogs…. er, cats. Kinetic, Slim, Earendil2,. All much bigger than us. They’ll eventually leg out on us and leave us behind, but not bad for two days of demanding sailing to still be in sight of them.
645nm to go. The models have us arriving on the evening of the 4th.