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[position] 18 35.205s 176 05.588w

[status] Goodbye Tonga!! It was good to be able to catch up with Team BRAVADO (Al and Shirl) in Tonga, and we look forward to seeing them again at Musket Cove. Well we are well on our way to Savusavu, Fiji now. We decided to head to Fiji instead of staying in Tonga longer to catch up with our kiting mates, as we are not too familiar with the Fiji customs processes, and Team FUSIO have been brilliant showing us the ropes. This morning will be the first time in a long time we will turn on the SSB and listen in to GHR for a weather update, as we had been using the local VHF cruiser net (channel 26) in Tonga for our weather updates. FUSIO is also on passage, although last night we lost them on our AIS (auto identification system). This is the first passage Mike and Sasha are doing by themselves, 3 hours on, 3 hours off is what we’re currently trialing. We estimate our arrival to be Monday morning. We’ll be eating last nights dinner leftovers (butterflied lamb and roasted
(Tongan) golden kumera) for lunch today – might roll the whole lot up in two wraps and toast them, YUM!

[speed] 7knots

[heading] 292M

[weather]. Approx 12 knots easterly, we are sailing well with only our main up. We had a bit of rain late last night, but that has stopped this morning. 70% cloud cover Baro: 1017

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