[password]reviloYIT
[position]32 47.5 S 179 01.2 E
[weather]16kts,264t ,1m sea,1018, sunny and pleasant
[speed]7kts
[heading]016T
[status] We are currently wondering if it is possible to become sick of perfect sailing conditions. We are beam reaching in 20 knots with warm sunshine and clear skies. Yesterday afternoon we were buzzed by a friendly albatross and a not so friendly Russian tanker. He kept out of our way but didn't seem the most talkative of chaps when we spoke with him on vhf. Made good progress yesterday poled out downwind heading slightly east of our rum line. Nice frittata for lunch and tasty pasta for dinner! Thanks Loren, you should write a cookbook. Last night we had good breeze ranging from 12 - 20 knots with a momentary wind shift that pushed us east. At 0430 Craig and Perryn got rid of the pole and we came around onto the beam reach we're on now and heading north on our line. Some scrambled eggs with onion and garlic for breakfast and a brief bunch of showers before clearing to a nice day today. On the wildlife front another albatross came by us. We have had big pods of dolphins fee
ding and Carmel spotted what we think was massive tuna splashing. They look so different out of the can. We have enjoyed the sunshine while discussing what flights to book, farming, names, boats and what day it is in Tonga. We are still unsure of what day it is but aim to have this sussed by sunset. Not long til lunch. 345 nm out of Nz now.[END]