[password] abcisme
[position] 32 40.8S 173 35E
[weather] 15knts, 2m swell, baro 1010.6
[speed] 6knts
[heading] 349T
[status] All is well aboard LIbertalia and breakfast tasted particularly good after a fast night at sea! We left NZ like a race horse bolting from the gates! The next 12 hours were fast and fun with boat speeds of 7-12 knots, we average about 8.5. Thats pretty fast for us! The wind was usually around 25, but we saw some gusts up to 40 (still only 30 apparant for the sailors). We had our sails reefed appropriately, so it was flat fast sailing for us! Apparantly, we had a technical issue with our yit updates. Hopefully we sort that out this morning.
Oddly, the wind decided to take a break for breakfast. I had a delicious ham & eggs on vogels and Shell had some crackers with various bits of red and green things on top. It was a kind thought for the wind to give us a break, but the waves are still coming, so we just slowed down and slopped around a bit more. Speed is our friend!
We are reefed for 25-30 knots, so we might put a bit more sail up while both of us are awake.... or we might not. Next job for me is some weather analysis and planning, and then it will be time for a kip.
Shell has isolated and secured most of the things that were banging and crashing around so feels much better about the general state of things.
Cherio for now!
Us.
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