[password] STUART32

[position] 52 16.00N 162 41.00w

[date] 2019-06-03

[status] 167nms to go to King Cove. This is turning out to be the most frustrating part of the passage. The last three days are full of northerly winds and swells which has ground a progress down to a snail's pace. With only 167nms to go we could normally do that within a 24hr period, but this will take us two days as we have 10-15kts of wind from the north, with three short interval northerly based swells (NNW, N & NNE). We cannot sail northwards in these conditions, so we are motoring WNW, hopeful that a forecast wind change to the NW will play out sooner rather than later. That said, we can't complain as our batteries are fully charged, we've all had long hot showers, our water tanks are full, and we've all been well fed & read. All is well aboard.

[weather] COG 305T, SOG 4kts, wind is 5-15kts from the North, three short interval 1m swells (NNW, N & NNE), 1022 baro, 50% cloud cover.
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