[p]wallace
[pos]27 14s 172 36e
[sp]5.6
[h]202m
[w] 95% cloud cover and we have just sailed through a rain squall. 15 knots wind NNE, baro 1020, slight sea with 1 metre swell.
[s] The wind finally returned at about 17.00 yesterday so we hoisted the Parasailor spinnaker for the second time on this passage and had great sailing through the night. Wind steadily increased and backed from NNE to NNW so at 03.30 we did the Discretion vs Valour calculation and swapped back to white sails; it slowed us by a knot but proved to be the right decision as we hit rain and, briefly, 20 knots of wind at 06.30. Still making for waypoint 30s 170e to meet the south-westerlies. All well aboard[END]