[password] 23Twelve
[position] 39 02.370S 173 33.800E
[weather] 16knts NNE, moderate seas, 3m swell N-NNE, 400% cloud, 1018 baro
[speed] 7.5-8.5knts
[heading] 165T
[status] On passage, Opua to Mana marina, Plimmerton. Approaching Taranaki: mountain shrouded in cloud as usual... Sun came out about an hour ago after wind dropped from 23-26 knots down to 15-18 knots within an hour. Forecast for tomorrow pretty bad though: 40 knots SE in afternoon, =E2=80=98easing=E2=80=99 to 30 knots in evening. Think we=E2=80=99ll end up heaving to to wait it out, somewhere inshore. Planning to sweep inshore toward Wanganui and then round. But we have cellphone internet here![END]