on the move again

well we leave Minerva Reef this morning ( Kyle's b'day) at about 9:30 am with The Dorothy Marie. have been sailing averaging 5 knts. nice and sunny but lots of clouds around. looks like we will have rain soon. the wind is supposed to die down over the next few days so we will likely be motoring. then the wind is forcast to pick up again. the weather has been all over the map! very hard to plan, the other boats stayed at Minerva. they will leave over the next couple of days.
We have the fishing lines out - hoping for some Albaco Tuna!! one of the boats way ahead of us caught 3! depending on the winds and weather we should be in New Zealand by the 16 at the latest. keep downloading the grib files and checking weather twice a day. we want some wind but not too much!

the seas are calm but we have swells from 2 directions. the swells are nice and long , that is good.

Kyle had the happy birthday song sung to him over the SSB by the O'vive kids and other cruisers. and then again over the VHF! it was neat! hard to believe he is 14.

here is our position 24* 05's 179* 10'w

hugs
Dionne