[password] Tsar12
[position] 23 86.74S 147 68W
[weather] E 5-12 knots bright skies with some cloud seas flat
[status] decided this morning to head to Papeete to get our steering repaired - the replacement bearing arrived yesterday but the seized bearing is frozen on the spline and we need a proper engineering set up to fix it.
The forecast is light so we will prob take until early Tuesday to arrive and stay long enough to effect repairs, restock and then try and get to the Tuomotus although it is likely to be at least a 120 nm slog !
Currently we we have the gennaker up for the first time since leaving NZ and gliding along at 5-7 knots though the forecast is for v light winds for 2 days from tonight

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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