[password] Go1ngs@iling
[position] 18 59.1S 167 34.0E
[weather] W's 23 SE Baro 1017
[speed] 4.7 Knts
[heading] 208 T
[status] We spent 6 days in Vila - provisioning, fueling up and having meals ashore with cruising friends. My parts for my Autoprop arrived on Tuesday (5 days by DHL from England!) and I was able to get that fixed up on Wednesday. We left Vila at 1415 hrs on Saturday Sept 22 - destination the Island of Lifou in the Loyalties. We are sailing with an apparent wind angle of about 50 degrees which is as close as we want to go. We believe the wind direction and heading should get a bit better over the course of today and allow us to lay the NW corner of the island. We expect to be in the anchorage tomorrow morning. Apart from the discomfort of a beat with more wind than we need all is well on board.

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