We managed almost 160 nm yesterday, which isn't too bad considering we did a fair bit of motoring on one engine. The boats going well and is a comfortable platform.
Today, the breeze has been pretty light, but I haven't minded too much as there were a few things I wanted to check on the boat. It's incredibly distracting trying to work on things while sailing, as you're giving neither task 100%. It's much easier to concentrate on getting to know the boat when you're not being thrown around at the same time. There is always a period on a new boat when you spend half your time trying to remember where everything is, and the other half trying to work out why something doesn't work the way you expect it to. I label cupboards and paneling so I have a rough idea of what's in there.
Around 2am this morning - so a few hrs ago, we started one engine and have been motoring ever since, with just a few knots of wind, which isn't enough to do much with. Judging by the GRIB files, though, that's all going to change tomorrow night when we'll probably have more wind than we want.
I was actually expecting more wind than we've had so far, so it's been nice to settle into a new boat without waves crashing over the back and everything banging around inside. It's a little disconcerting stepping onto an unfamiliar boat and immediately having to test everything at once. You don't get much time to ease yourself into it on a delivery. Today is going to be water maker day which always makes me feel secure pumping clean water into the tanks at sea.
People generally spend a lot longer preparing for these passages than delivery skippers do. We're expected to get aboard, figure out how everything works, check that it's all functioning properly, and then head off into the Pacific. No pressure!