Marcus Beagley

Fantastic conditions in all. almost saw a rocket launch from Mahia Pen but it was canceled last minute. Got the expected extra breeze at both capes and also part way through BOP.

left wellington at midnight to calm conditions. motor sailed most of the way as the wind was very light and on the nose most of the way. sea was a little rolley and we had a few sick crew but nothing too extreme.

very light wind for 2/3 of the passage so we were motor sailing. then the breeze finally filled in to about 12kts and we got the tidal current down the south west coast and we're flying along at about 9kts. Entering Wellington Harbor was breezy at 25kts on the nose so we motored the rest of the way to seaview marina.

Beautiful day. Motored all the way. stopped in a few spots to try fishing, caught a couple of Blue Cod.

Very calm conditions, beautiful day and we mainly motorsailed after rounding the north end of D'urville Island.

it was what we are finding to be fairly typical in this area, very low winds in the morning and breeze lifting suddenly at some point in the afternoon. the forcast was for 12+kts from midday and building to 18kts. in reality, it was 5kts until about 230pm and then 18kts all at once. once the wind set in we had up to 2m choppy sea and we were boosting at 10-11kts boat speed on a reach. good fun!

No wind, beautiful sunny day and we were motoring the entire way. caught x3 Kahawhai on the way up.

Epic first Bluewater sailing trip on the mighty SV Thistle. we had all the conditions on this sail, doldrums for x2 days then 45kt winds crossing the cook straight! epic times with good friends.