[password] DragonsBane2016
[position] 28 38S 175 33
[speed] 7.7k
[heading] 220T
[weather] South east 19-24kn. 1.5m sea from S, 95% cloud coverage. 1023
[status] 450 miles to Opua. All is well. Night of extremes: motored 4.5 hours with glass sea then took 2 reefs in main and jib for 24kn from SSE with short, pounding waves.
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The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.