We left the mangrove unharmed and in one piece after cyclone Donna passed us just a couple of miles East of our position.  We were extremely lucky that “Donna” decided to alter her course hours before

Our almost 1000nm journey from New Zealand to New Caledonia could not have been better.  We had a rather low average speed of 5.5 knots with the help of our light wind gennaker sail, which made  the t