[password]Tusi2284
[position]22 23.81S 177 39.04W
[speed]6.5 knots
[heading]214M
[weather]ESE 15 knots, seas 1.5m, cloud cover 80%, barometer 1013
[status] The cloud is slowly breaking up and we've got brief patches of sun, the first we've seen for over two weeks. We were wondering what a sunny day looked like. We're 100nm from North Minerva so will sail slowly overnight to be off the passage at dawn tomorrow. Our present plan is to stay at North Minerva for a couple of days and to leave on Wednesday for Opua, a five or six day passage.

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