[password] Astarte422
[position]33 18.46s 174 54.22e
[status] Have turned back for Opua, currently motorsailing. Headsail roller furler has failed. Better to get repairs in NZ. Very very rough night. Did our best to hove to, 35k winds big seas, all right on the nose. Still right on the nose, but now underway again.
[speed] 3.8k
[heading] 200M
[weather] 100% cloud, seas, wind waves and 1.5m swell from the S swell. SE wind 15-20. Baro 1022.1
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To reach a port we must set sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift.