Heading to Cape Brett

 All this fresh air is making for a great night's sleep!  Away at 10.40am for Cape Brett, Gateway to the Bay of Islands.  2.5m swell right on the beam for the third day running, looking like squally conditions up ahead.  The motion is that of an out of control roller coaster!  Impossible to get an idea of the sea state but the pics below shows a monohull heading in the opposite direction, in between the troughs.





On the top of a wave then ...







Looking more like a submarine!






Happy Skipper, Mermaid about to topple over!

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