[password] grace40

[position] 27 33.650s 178 43.668e

[weather] 0650 hrs 18 May 2019. Wind SE 12-14 kts. Swell ESE 1 mtr. Cloud cover 90% overcast with intermittent drizzle. COG 030T. SOG 6 kts. Will be slowing down over the day to time arrival at Minerva after sunrise.

[status] Finally cut the engine last night at 2300 after 23 hrs. The quiet has been nice. Had a calm, gentle sail throughout the night with 7-9kts SE winds on a broad reach, and no seas. Wind has come up this morning - see above weather section. Will time our arrival at Minerva as soon after sunrise as possible. Yacht Meerbaer has been sailing with us all last night, but is falling farther behind this morning. Probably headed for Minerva lke all the other yachts out here to avoid that nasty storm over Fiji on Monday / Tuesday. Will be iinteresting to see how may yachts actually turn up. Time to get some sleep. We do more sleeping in the day than at night because we keep a slightly looser watch during the day. Will be good to get to Minerva so I can catch up on all the missed and interrupted sleep since leaviing NZ. Cheers. John & Leilani

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