Position: 33 degrees, 23 minutes south; 173 degrees, 40 minutes east

We only did 99 miles the previous 24 hours because of a very slow night/early morning, but the wind has really come in. We took the sails completely down several times today. This evening with just the yankee jib up, I hit 11 knots four times before we finally furled the jib out of concern for blowing it out.

We’re running “bare poles” right now in over 10 foot occasionally breaking waves and doing 3-5 knots.

I’ll write more later as it’s too rough right now, but suffice to say this is some kind of ride.

Welcome back to New Zealand!