Southeasst of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand 1 April 2011 44S54 178W15

We’re back in the western hemisphere. So I guess it’s not April Fool’s Day yet – or anymore (it was only April Fool’s for us for about an hour between midnight and 1 a.m. when we crossed the dateline). I think the Chatham Islands are administratively on New Zealand time…but we won’t be there till tomorrow morning. So, did we miss April 1 altogether?

So the wind did pick up – a lot – 20-30 knots most of the day. It did exactly what the weather report said it would and has moved from northeasterlies to southwesterlies and that Antarctic wind has a chill bite to it!

All’s well under these nice New Zealand made wool long johns. Only a couple more weeks to the tropics.

xoxomo