Position: 23deg 37min South, 178deg 55min West � Minerva North
A westerly wind sprung up and gave us a bit of a chop in South Minerva with swell entering the reefs entrance as well. We made our way to North Minerva � a great sail with 15kt westerly winds and we kept up a reasonable 7.5knots and arrived 2 and half hour later � really spoilt � now we�ve seen both � just fantastic. Today our new friends on �Black Adder� (crewed and skippered by the way by a bunch of guys Air New Zealand pilots and engineers � we have really enjoyed their company) � lent Matt and I some dive bottles and Matt and I did our first dive in 17meters � Matt�s over the moon. A good dinner and off to bed I am afraid � really another action packed day. Our intention is to leave for Tonga tomorrow. Unfortunately Black Adder is off to Fiji but we are now armed with some good dive spots and lots of good advice. They are coming home at the same timewe are so we will keep in touch.
How nice it is to be having a full nights sleep because we are at anchor even though we are over 500km from the nearest bit of land.
Skipper
(linda)Ahoy! So sorry as I have not looked here before. Did not realise that you could send while out at sea, so awaited time that I expected you at shore.
ReplyDeleteGoodness sounds like one experience. Good on the guys for those long cold shifts, and everyone elses efforts to.
The following has been own storming seas. We have made it into the paper about three times this week, but below sums it up. Perhaps i should have been along as extra deck hand. ha
Receiver sacks 13 staff at magazine publisher
4:00AM Thursday May 07, 2009
By John Drinnan
Thirteen 3media staff were laid off this week, the day after Korda Mentha receivers moved into New Zealand's largest trade magazine publisher.
Secured creditor Bank of New Zealand appointed Brendon Gibson on Monday and Korda Mentha laid off "surplus" staff the next day.
Only one editor - Ellen Read of NZ Management - was among the 13 layoffs.
Gibson said he did not expect to make his first report on the statusof the company for two months.
Last Monday 3media management voluntarily put the company into liquidation. But the bank's decision to appoint a receiver means the liquidator will have to wait until the bank has recovered its debt.
3media was formed in February 2007 from the merger of Profile Publishing, Review Publishing and Marketplace Press.
Gibson said the current plan was to continue the magazines while seeking to sell them. He said there had been interest from several buyers for individual
All media companies are battling an advertising downturn.
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Thinking of you all with love, love linda
(Rogans) tom and matt you wont bevile it i found a hacking site for cross fire its so cool i wont to tell all about but.... well this ass close as it gets matt:its a gun ahck with speed hacks too lol...
miss you guys luv rogan
i still say i wound go on the boat but i migth feed the fishes to many times oh wait you guys haven be too....yay
love rogan
comment asap on day 10
(rogan) yay church on the boat
ReplyDeleteDONT ROCK THE BOAT..... DONT CAPISE
Hi Bradfields! So glad to hear that you are safe and enjoying yourselves. We've missed you here! Happy Mother's Day Joy - I hope the kids spoiled you and you got some sunbathing done :)
ReplyDeleteLots of Love and prayers!
Dani xox