Shaun Quincey continues to make great progress as he heads for a landing on 90 Mile Beach in Northland.

Crowds of supporters, friends and crew are expected to welcome him home sometime tomorrow morning. For a while it looked like he may miss New Zealand but winds that were pushing him north have eased and he’s making great progress for the coastline.

Tonight will be his final night on board Tasman Trespasser and his one last challenge will be to battle the waves and make a safe landing on the beach.

Here is a Google earth picture of his possible landing point plotted on his current course. At 5pm Saturday night he’s currently 69km to the nearest point of land and 82km from his likely landing spot.

Here are his latest comments from Facebook  5hrs ago;

Making good progress team! might be seeing you all early tomorrow morning at this rate…

and 7 hours ago

Stoked this morning about reducing my drift north. Looks like im not going to Fiji anymore…..damn I had my speedos ready. This journey is definately playing mind games with me, im so excited to sight land……its amazing how excited I am over seeing dirt… Not just any old dirt though….Home soil!!!!! woohoo!! How good is it going to feel……I cant wait.

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