Day 198 Planning

With most of the boats gone from Musket Cove, it is now possible to get on the Internet and post the blog pages I have been writing for the past weeks so you will see Days 180 to 197 now filled in.
In the February 17 page of my blog I talked about saying goodby to little Chorna our faithful Lhasa Apso of 17 years. I said at the time I did not expect to see her again and indeed several weeks later I learned that she had died peacefully. I mention this now because last night I dreamed about her as she was in her prime. Thus, her memory continues to live at its best. Hooray for Chorna.
We are now in the mode of planning for the passage that could be our toughest as the weather heading south could be quite difficult. We download the weather files every day and are thinking of various strategies for the passage. Probably we will head southwest until we run out of the tradewinds at about 20 degrees south latitude and then hope to ride the back of an eastward passing low pressure to make our way back southeast to Opua in New Zealand. Stay tuned.