The most pressing need seems to be the Internet. Everyone wants to post their blogs and photos before we leave. I try to post pictures to the album but the connection is slow and I end up paying $F16 to not get much accomplished.
The shopping has been done and the boat is clean and ship-shape. The preparation for this upcoming passage is much like it was in Mexico for the initial crossing from Puerto Vallarta. We anticipate 9 to 11 days but much more intense weather, especially when we get to 30º south latitude.
There are two schools of thought on this passage. One says that you carefully watch the weather and guess how the fronts will move. The other says that you leave when it is convenient, sail to 30º south latitude and check the weather again. If it is favorable you continue south. If not, you hang out for a few days and wait for favorable weather. As we were preparing today, the boat next to us told us that we should wait another week because he had checked the weather and his guess is that it will be better in a week. Who can tell the weather that far in advance?
Once we leave Denerau, we will be off the Internet for 9 to 11 days so there will be no blog postings until we make landfall in Opua, New Zealand.
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