[password] huck8finn
[position] 14 44.750s 177 33.000e
[weather] light rain morning, mostly sunny afternoon. scattered clouds, winds 12-18 kts, S then E, 180-90T
[speed] 7.4 kts
[heading] 350 T
[status] 20181122 0400 UTC, Day 3. 2 POB, Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Fiji. Inbound Marshall Islands. Last night, general area winds increased as we passed to the NW of Bligh Water with its own geographic amplification, giving us 18 kts SE with seas 1m. This gave Tumbleweed his sweetspot conditions, sailing a beam reach at 8.0 kts (hull speed) with a reefed main, full staysail, and reefed genoa...along with a big moon. As we sailed north of Fiji the winds shifted to the east and our heading shifted to the north, so we're still on a beam reach making good way. GFS and EC forecast these same wind conditions for the next several days, but the chance for rain will increase as we pass through the SPCZ. 1360 nm to go (rhumbline).

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