Countdown...Delayed

Well, it's a bit of a letdown, but: 1) Alisa did burn the passage cookies; and 2) tomorrow (the day we would leave) is a Friday, and we've never left anywhere on a Friday; and 3) the forecasts are showing some headwinds a few days into the trip.  They're quite light headwinds, but we have a three-year-old who vomits when the wind is forward of the beam, so we're quite happy to use our ability to be picky and have decided to hold off on leaving for Tonga.  The next opportunity looks to be about a week out.

Meanwhile, after all the carryings-on in Australian politics yesterday, non-edgy En Zed is looking pretty fine.

The scene belowdecks.

And the scene abovedecks.