{"id":40240,"date":"2016-08-29T08:53:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=40240"},"modified":"2016-09-14T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T22:19:09","slug":"it-is-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/it-is-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It has been a wet and windy winter for FPB 78-1 Cochise<\/em> and her Kiwi boat builders at Circa. Perfect for sea trials.<\/p>\n But now, with 200+ hours on the engines and the days getting longer, we have been thinking of flight.<\/p>\n The much debated question of where-to has been resolved.<\/p>\n A morning sky like this means one thing: high pressure.<\/p>\n New Zealand customs have done their export inspection and we have our clearance. There are a couple of items left on the to-do list, a trip to the grocery store, and Cochise<\/em>, now sitting down on her lines for the first time, is ready to fly.<\/p>\n Assuming the weather stays true to the predictions – three different models are in agreement – we are off for the tropics.<\/p>\n The frontal passage has occurred as promised, clearly signaled by this lovely band of color. The southeast winds are building seas. The leading edge of a high pressure system, and the surfing it promises, is just too big a temptation to miss.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be turning left at Breem Head and heading to Fiji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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