Minerva Reef

After a magical few days at Minerva reef the weather window opened and everyone lifted their anchors and left. We were the last to get underway but the conditions were too good to miss. A gentle southerly is now whisking us WSW in great comfort and with good speed despite the 3 metre swells. If our forecasts are correct the wind should shift to SE and allow us to sail the rhumb line for Opua in the Bay of Islands, New. Zealand. ETA Sunday night or Monday morning NZ time. Some of the photo credits go to  S/V Nimue (Shimshal by moonlight at Minerva Reef), S/V Trinity (nearly lost his drone taking this), S/V Polaire Bear (Shimshal reefed to slow down when approaching Minerva) and S/V Tourterelles (from our reef walk with expert lobster hunters).