[password] 70swinger
[position] 27 21S 179 00W
[status] Awesome day of sailing today, made good ground in the right direction averaging around 8 knots speed.
Hit a squally patch this afternoon, more heavy rain and stronger winds with a nw windshift. I was reefing the main for overnight when one the lazy jacks broke. This holds the sail bag up, from the spreaders. the sail collapsed all over the deck so due to the squally conditions we have decided to go with the 3rd reef for the night as reefing is now a massively difficult task. So we are under powered currently but not worth the hassle of attempting to reef in the night without the assistance of the lazy jacks. Will loose some of the gains we made unfortunately.
Repairs will be made in Tonga, have to go up the mast for that.

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