[password] Bri44angel
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[position] 35 50.273s 174 28.076e
[status] In Marsden Cove after a fairly rambunctious sail up from Gulf Harbour yesterday, 30 May. For our escape from the clutches of Gulf Harbour, where we had been holed up for almost four months getting a projected two month teak deck replacement job finished, Met Service forecast 15 knots NE, with slight seas and 1 m swell developing; what we got was more like 20-22 knots, with some fairly boisterous wind waves, and by the time we were abeam Sail Rock the seas were a solid 1.5-2 m, with a fairly short 6 - 8 sec period! Great re-introduction to life at sea, however, which, after we finish up provisioning and a completing a few boat projects, will come in handy when the next weather window for passage to Fiji presents itself. Right now, the prospects for that window look somewhat remote - maybe 10 days or thereabouts.
[speed] 0 knots
[heading] Going nowhere - 0 T
[weather] 50% cloud cover; but the nearly full moon and plenty of stars are out! Winds - tied to the dock, so who cares? Swell - none in the marina. Bar 1018.37, steady.
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