[password] Tuul3tar
[position] 27 08S 165 36E
[status] We are trying to push through this trough to get to clean air on the other side. There is plenty of rain and we are seeing lightening in the distance. If communications drop out after this message then it is most likely that we would have gotten struck. Otherwise the boat is going very well and we are comfortable in the conditions. We are heading 270 at about 5 knots on a broad-reach with staysail-only. You know things are rough when the sea-birds have started taking refuge on the back deck. We have a little flock riding along with us.
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