[password] Boatfloat66

[position] 15 16.604S 167 58.453E

[speed] 0knts

[heading] 0T

[status] Anchored in Vanihe Bay on Ambae Island after a licorice all sorts passage yesterday. We must have set some sort of record for the number of squalls encountered by a vessel in a 45nm trip. At one point we were on deck getting the mainsail down (as it was calm) and by the time we were done it was blowing 35 knots. I mentioned the wind strength to Kris once we were back in the cockpit. Her reply: "You think I don't know, look at my hair." Good point, I had forgotten about the hair wind meter. Anyhow we are now anchored on black volcanic sand underneath impressive 150m cliffs full of bats and swallows looking at some less attractive ocean action outside the bay. Off to check out the village in the bay next door later today once the crew have finished their schoolwork.

[weather) 20-30knts SE, 2m ESE swell, 85% cloud, 1014 baro
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