15 May - 1600 hours - made it to N Minerva reef. What a crazy crossing so far. All upwind (close hauled) and motor sailing the whole way. Pretty much a first there. Oh well. We are here and after 3 attempts finally got the anchor to stick. Frustrating, but again we are here, we are stopped it is flat and quiet with a nice cool breeze coming thru the boat. AHHHHHH. the beer was good and so was the gin and tonic. Fajitas for dinner. Showers. Life is good.
So here we are anchored in the middle of the ocean. How cool is that? I will post pictures (eventually). There are 4 other boats here, at least 2 are leaving tomorrow. We plan to be here until Saturday and then only 250 miles to Tonga. It is warm here too. Of course we have one or two chores to do while we are here - forward toilet needs a new flapper valve and seat and the rudder is leaking - those are the main two. after that its just a lot of tidying up after 8 days of being at a 20 degree heel. Oh and we will all sleep in our own beds in the normal orientation. HAHA we have been taking turns sleeping on the settee and the floor in the main salon - I am short enough to be able to sleep sideways on our bed, but even my feet hang over the edge! Really it is the simple things....
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