Summary of Trip Sailed from Lautoka, on the west coast of Viti Levu Fiji, to Whangarei, NZ. Started from Lautoka at 10:30 am on Tuesday 21st September and arrive in Marsden Cove Marina 22:08 on Wednesday 29th September, having travelled 1195 nautical miles (nm) (or 2,217 km) at an average speed of 5.8 knots. The best 24 hour run from noon to noon was 158 nm with an average run of 143 nm. The lead up to the trip After Sharron left us in Denarau, our main jobs were to find a third crew for the trip back to NZ and get Hakura ready. To find a crew member, we put up notices in the Port Denarau Marine Office, the Vuda Point Marina and we had already put up a notice in Musket Cove. We also
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