Tiare Tapporo III

Well, some of you probably thought we'd never sail and you'd never see the back of us and we were starting to wonder that ourselves.  However, the best weather window for weeks has finally shown up. Touch wood we should have fair winds for New Caledonia from Friday onwards. So, the plan is to leave the Town Basin tomorrow afternoon and go to Marsden Cove Marina near Whangarei Heads to top up fuel and clear Customs on Friday morning. Then it's off into the great blue yonder. We would hope to arrive at Noumea around the 10th-12th October.

Then our plan is to stay put for a while (maybe down to the Isle of Pines for a few days) and sail back here hopefully to arrive around the end of November. A very curtailed trip this year as it's turned out but it will be very useful for us to get used to doing ocean passages on Tiare.

After Thurs morning you will only be able to communicate with us on our sailmail address which is ZMQ5985@sailmail.com In addition we will be posting blogs on our website www.tiaretaporo3.blogspot.com for your delectation and edification!

We hope everything is well and we'll look forward to being in touch as we progress.

Cheers and lots of love,

Jim and Jean (Gina)