[password] 23Twelve
[position] 38 02.870S172 36.594E
[weather] 23knts NNE, rough seas confused, 2m swell N-NNE, 100% cloud, 1017 baro
[speed] 7.5-8.5knts
[heading] 165T
[status] On passage, Opua to Mana marina, Plimmerton. Past Waikato estuary (at night). Sailing on =E2=80=98Track=E2=80=99 mode since gybed at 14:00 yesterday. Broad-beam reach under songle-reefed main and staysail. Wind direction and timing exactly as GRIBS but about 5 knots higher since midnight. Motion relatively easy for once with sails loaded and gentle heel. Otto steering magnificently, and Duogen making enough to run the inverter. Just started raining... Might see Cape Egmont at dusk: hope cloud cover doesn=E2=80=99t hide the mountain all day.[END]