[position]31 07.040S 170 21.811E
[speed]6.8k
[heading]144t
[status]Aaaaaah the old "catch a fish at sunrise" yarn...... well it's true! We've just landed a nice size skipjack tuna but decided to try and bribe the wind gods by releasing it - I say that 'cause we are hoping for more wind than the 3-5k we've had through the night. We've had very light winds to sail with for the last 30 hours, so the iron genoa has been ticking over. Hopefully the forecast ENE fills in, otherwise it looks like we'll be motor sailing the whole way back to Opua (305nm away). Hey but at last we are on the rhumb line, not heading to Tassie anymore! We should arrive in the early hours of Thursday morning. Our buddies Sel Citron are back over the horizon somewhere, not too far away, but we miss seeing their mast light through the night.
[weather]3-5k SE. Swell Calm 30% blue sky.
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