[password] Tsar12
[position] 25 44.475S 150 51.05 W
[weather] SE 20-30knots skies grey seas with surface chop barometer 1025
[status] since changing over to tiller steering we have been making good progress doing 165 nm last 24 hours under deep reefed main and jib . Boat feels good and tiller is nice and light to steer with. We are as at 1.35 pm NZ time 181nm from Raivavae so if we can keep good progress in the next 24 hours should be at anchorage tomorrow night which will be a change from the bouncy nights we have had for some time now . We are all anticipating a nice dinner and a bottle of wine in what would be the first stationary night for 14 nights.
Efforts are well underway to organise a replace,ent part for the steering wheel so hopefully that can be fixed v shortlywill also be good to seee if there are some fresh supplies we can buy on the island as our fridge is starting to loook empty !

Note: Sending a brief description of the weather you are experiencing is a great help to David and Patricia (Gulf Harbour Radio) for monitoring the weather.

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