[password] tikacat55
[position] 36 56S 139 29E
[weather] Wind 5 kts E, 1016mb, 20% cloud cover, 0.5m SW swell
[status] Had a great run until 5pm, when the wind came in fairly hard. Fairly eventful 24 hours....had 30-35 knots and solid 3m steep seas as we came around the corner. Managed to get our record of 22 knots - although would have preferred to have the second reef in earlier! . Apart from putting the second reef in very boiseterous conditions, had to cut away a couple of fishing buoys off the skeg and get in the engine compartment to manually pump a bilge when the bilge pump failed. Serene conditions once around the corner and motoring as fast we can to make it in before nightfall....but managed to patch the large code 0 'on the fly' this morningafter we got a small hole in the foot yesterday. Then cut away yet a few more fishing buoys, but had to get in the water this time around. Looking forward to Victor Harbour!
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