[password] STUART32
[position] 06 35.242s 140 46.742w

[date] 2018-11-29
[status] We had a good night's sailing. Although the wind has been a steady ENE-East rather than the predicted East-ESE. A bit before dawn it also picked up to 20 knots and has stayed at that strength. The west setting current is strong, largely due to the impact of the swell I'd imagine, but at 2-3kts it is requiring a 20 degree course correction. The net effect of wind angle, strength, current and swell is forcing us to sail at a 60 degree wind angle; which is something we were hoping to avoid. Given this experience our plan to take every opportunity we can to sail dead north, even put a little bit of easting in until we get to at least 5 degrees north then we'll reassess the plan. Otherwise we risk close hauled sailing for the last 4-5 days into Hawaii in 20-25 knot winds.

[weather] We are steering a course of 340T with 7.5kts of boat speed in 20kt ENE-E wind, the sea state is a 1.5m short interval confused sea, cloud cover is around 20%. Baro reading is currently 1014.
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