Leaving New Caledonia

For the past week we have been living and breathing weather gribs. Every morning is the same. I get myself up, say good morning and ask...."What's it look like?" We analyze the weather like scientist, we plan our plays like football, and prepare ourselves for the storm. We have spent the last week doing play by plays with wind angles, speed, distance, possible stop over and just hauling butt to NZ. It's a passage that 99.9% of cruisers dread. We finally came up with a play we liked and set out this morning at 0600. We will have crap for the first 24 hours, then light winds and will motor and need to get into Norfolk island by Tues morning or we will get slammed with 25 knots of wind on the nose. We will wait in Norfolk till the strong low down there passes and we will ride in on a high. The seas right now down in that neck of the woods is 25 foot. We are lucky to have Norfolk as a stop over. Google Norfolk Island (Australia) and see the little rock we are headed to. We are with 6 others and keeping tabs via VHF but as of tomorrow we will communicate via SSB. It's always nice to know your not alone. Our current position is 24.40S 166.13E and getting cooler.