[password] gypseaheart
[position] 23 37.18S 178 54.21W
[weather] Wind 7 knots from the N, 1 meter seas estimated outside lagoon, 10% clouds, 1012 barometric pressure
[speed] 0 knots
[heading] XXX T
[status] NORTH MINERVA UPDATE: Front with rain passed through early morning with sunshine now. Fifteen boats anchored at North Minerva Reef waiting for large Low to pass over New Zealand next week. Some boats may leave on Tuesday or Wednesday and head West to stay North of the Low before turning South to New Zealand, but that adds hundreds of miles to the passage. Other boats my wait until Friday or so when a High follows the large Low and go direct to New Zealand which will require more motoring (with no gas stations) but possible calmer sea conditions. We will all see how the weather systems develop.
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