The Past 18 months

As I have recently been giving out our blog address I thought I had better do a quick entry to update how the past 18 months have been for us. I have been the main breadwinner working for the local DHB and have been amazingly privileged to have worked with so many great and memorable people. Hopefully some of you will be reading this and continue to stay in touch! Dan has been concentrating on the family, schooling and boat upgrades, including a LOT of time and effort spent on getting a dedicated generator and sorting an AUTOPILOT!! As a family we have had some great trips away to visit family and friends in both the North and South Islands, as well as Adventures to Rainbows End and Nitro Circus and exploring the local area. I have now (nearly) finshed work and we are looking to the weather to see when we are going to be leaving NZ again for the Pacific. As of today it isn't really looking good for leaving anytime soon, but we will keep you posted. In the meantime I hope to expand a bit on the generator saga, the autopilot and the things we are doing to get ourselves sorted to go off sailing again for an extended period of time. Things are getting exciting now in the lead up to passage and I can't wait to share it with you all!