[password] K6finnxx
[position] 31 08.700s 174 35.278e
[status] Great afternoon sailing in pleasant conditions. However, it was a squally night with some heavy rain and lightning which kept us busy. At 3.30 am after a squall with 37 kts of wind we decided to keep a reduced sail plan (reefed main and staysail only). This would reduce boat speed but no further sail changes would be needed until daylight. We kept this configuration until 10 am this morning; not falling below a sailing speed of 4 knots. Now Gigi is sailing under full yankee, staysail and 1 reef in the main. Dried some clothes in the sunshine coming into the cockpit earlier. Both of us well on board.
[speed] 6.2
[heading] 352 T
[weather] 18-24 knots SW, 3m SW swell, 80% cloud cover and currently raining. Baro 1016.
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