[password] cloud&sun
[position] 3 09S 169 00E
[status] Just realized resent yesterday's report. Here is the new one... The wind held from a good direction all day today. We had expected it to shift to the North and northeast and lighten, but we were able to sail all day. We sailed through several squalls, but there wasn?t much in them. Overnight we had more significant squalls with wind up to 33 knots. The wind finally went north a few hours ago and we are now motorsailing in a more northerly direction. When we tried to put the engine in gear, we had the same horrible noise we had two days. Ken believes there is a problem engaging the transmission. He was able to make an adjustment to get it to engage, but we?re not sure what the scope of the problem is. Will do more troubleshooting during the day today. It was very hot today during the day and we turned our dorades forward to get more air through the boat. But then we forgot to turn the dorades back later in the day and when the squalls hit overnight we got a bit of water down below. Some clothes and bags got wet, and the forward head had quite a bit of water on the floor. But nothing got damaged. Guess we won?t make that mistake again any time soon.
[heading] 38T
[speed] 5
[weather] Wind 14 350T. Baro 1008. Waves 1 meter from the north. Squalls all around (we're in one right now).

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