[password] huck8finn
[position] 05 48.000n 174 34.000e
[weather] sunny morning, otherwise cloudy with squalls. 1007 mb. NE tradewinds and local winds 15-35 sustained, gusts to low 40's mostly, with one at 62 kts. 70T - 100T.
[speed] 5.0 kts.
[heading] 300T
[status] 20181214 0600 UTC, Day 25. 2 PonB, Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Fiji. Inbound Marshall Islands, ETA 12/17. Another existential threat: Chinese fishing vessels with AIS and lights OFF at night. We've heard similar reports from other sailors. If it weren't for Morgan's good watch habits, we would have hit one two nights ago. After Morgan changed course, the vessel we had been headed for turned on a small light, and then all 5 vessels in the group turned on their AIS as we sailed through the armada. 240nm to go (rhumbline) (we reported incorrectly on Day 24 yesterday, it should have been 360nm to go).

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