[password] ba1ven1e =20
[position]25 56.882s 178 44.946e
[status] left North Minerva Reef at 7am yesterday (19th), 12 boats left the day before us, we were the 2nd to leave yesterday, all 12 remaining left before lunch Condtions have been variable, we have a big 3 metre swell rolling through left over from the systems going through below us but it is starting to abate and should improve even more We are sailing just west of the rhumb line (the most direct route) heading for North Cape - New Zealand here we come!=20
[speed] 6 - 7 knots
[heading] 203 T
[weather] Winds have been between about 6 - 18 knots, sometomes changing within seconds Started from the SSW and slowly backed now ESE and seemed to have settled in at around 10 - 12 knots over the last hour 80% cloud, all a bit gloomy, but getting more comfortable [END]