password] Tsar12
[position]24 35.74S 175 95.20E
[weather]cloudy SE 10 knots temp 24 baro 1020 sea 1 m E swell
[status] the predicted SE didn?t kick in until 16.00 but then it built slowly until just on dark yesterday we had 14 knots for a brief period plus frontal cloud and some light rain .
Is good to be sailing again. Just before dark we spotted two yachts within 4 nm - one of which climber higher during the night . Good to know there are other boats around although we didn?t get any ID on the AIS which I suspect isn?t working properly .
During the night we made steady progress with the wind varying between E and SE but mainly SE and around 8 knots which means we are laying through to just above North Cape.
The forecast suggests the next 2 days will be lightish then a freshening Easterly to carry us into the NZ coast which is perfect . Fingers crossed that eventuates :)

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