So heres the new plan for this coming year.
Peter has work lined up for the last two weeks of school term 1, which means that we are free to leave from around the 3rd April. We plan to sail to Lord Howe Island, at this stage we haven't decided whether we will depart from Coffs Harbour or a bit further down the coast. From Lord Howe Island we will make our way to Opua, New Zealand. Here we will have a short stop to provision and then make the big trip north to Tonga. We will spend several months sailing the island groups of Tonga particularly the Vavua group in the north. Around the beginning of August we will start looking for the weather window to sail to Fiji. In October/November we plan to sail south to New Zealand for the summer.
Here is a rough plan with a few dates obviously just guestimates.
Coffs Harbour to Lord Howe Island 312nm 52hrs or 2.1 days
Depart Coffs Harbour 15 April
Arrive Lord Howe Island 17 April
Lord Howe Island to Opua NZ 789nm 131hrs or 5.4 days
Depart Lord Howe Island 24 April
Arrive Opua NZ 1 May
Opua NZ to Nukalofa Tonga 1080nm 180hrs or 7.5 days
Depart Opua 22 May
Arrive Nukalofa 31 May
Vava’u Tonga to Suva Suva Fiji 404nm 67hrs or 2.8 days
Depart Vava’u 14 August
Arrive Suva Suva 17 August
Peter has work lined up for the last two weeks of school term 1, which means that we are free to leave from around the 3rd April. We plan to sail to Lord Howe Island, at this stage we haven't decided whether we will depart from Coffs Harbour or a bit further down the coast. From Lord Howe Island we will make our way to Opua, New Zealand. Here we will have a short stop to provision and then make the big trip north to Tonga. We will spend several months sailing the island groups of Tonga particularly the Vavua group in the north. Around the beginning of August we will start looking for the weather window to sail to Fiji. In October/November we plan to sail south to New Zealand for the summer.
Here is a rough plan with a few dates obviously just guestimates.
Coffs Harbour to Lord Howe Island 312nm 52hrs or 2.1 days
Depart Coffs Harbour 15 April
Arrive Lord Howe Island 17 April
Lord Howe Island to Opua NZ 789nm 131hrs or 5.4 days
Depart Lord Howe Island 24 April
Arrive Opua NZ 1 May
Opua NZ to Nukalofa Tonga 1080nm 180hrs or 7.5 days
Depart Opua 22 May
Arrive Nukalofa 31 May
Vava’u Tonga to Suva Suva Fiji 404nm 67hrs or 2.8 days
Depart Vava’u 14 August
Arrive Suva Suva 17 August
