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pos: 10 32.984s 139 35.08e
sp: 5.5
h: 254m
w: 20kn ESE, CC 7/8 50%, SS 1.5-2m SE
d: 19/09/18 12:00 GMT+1000
Making good progress, although found rather more wind and sea that forecast (sound familiar?! ;-). Nice now though!
Sadly a victim of the sea last night was our near-new tender, which we were lazily towing, given the lovely benign conditions we started in. It didn't however take kindly to being surged in the 3m breakers which pooped us a couple of times and all we are left with are the two tow lines and 3 D rings! Oh well, live and learn and, as they say worse things happen at sea! :-(

PS come 172nm so far since 6.30am yday, with 141.8nm as noon-noon (about 12nm tide and current assistance in total though!)

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