Well last night was a bit of a long night at sea.  No gigantic storms however the complete opposite and almost as difficult.........

Winds throughout the night have maintained a healthy 15 knots from the WNW making my course of 080 a comfortable downwind run..........

Last night was one of those rare nights of utter peace on board Climate Action Now.  Just after I finished the blog I went on deck in the twilight......

Well to follow on from my last blog where I was expecting a storm last night I can honestly say that the weather gods did not disappoint.....

Well what a contrast in conditions.  Yesterday saw me sailing in light winds and heavy fog and today has seen me sailing in 40 knots of wind and sheeting rain......

Oh what a day...  A very long but good day.  In the early hours of this morning the winds decided that they were going to go on a holiday.  With 5 knots of wind the boat .....

Wow what a huge day of mile stones and celebrations it has been.........

Through the night I had winds of 25-30 knots from the North.  From Bobs forecast I knew that the strongest winds would hit at around 6am.......

I am still sailing on the Campbell Plateau, this is the section of the Continental shelf to the South of New Zealand.  The depth here is an average of 600m.......