[password] fbs18940
[position] 23,56.43S; 155,29.73E
[weather] wind 5-10 kts E true, 2-5 kts across the deck from aft; 1 meter swell E,and 2 meter long period S; 3/10 cloud, trade wind powder puffs; baro 1021.5
[speed] 6.2 kts under power
[heading] 259 mag
[status] In the center of the high, most likely. May be under power to Australia. Will know more when the weather forecast comes as an email as I send this report. WE are just north of the Fraser Seamount. There, the sea floor rises from 13,000 feet to 1,200 feet in less than 6 miles. The sea is a bit agitated, even with little wind. We are more than 25 miles north of the sea mount and still likely are feeling its effect. Last 24 hrs we covered about 155 nm, for a total run of 619 nm in four days since leaving Noumea. WE have 180 nm to go. WE should have landfall in less than 24 hrs. All is well on board.
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