We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
[password] tre47347
[position] 15 58.6s 167 22.4e 15-58,56S 167-22,42E
[status] at anchor Waia Is Malakula Vanuatu
[speed] 0.1
[heading]000
[weather] wind from:SE ; speed15 Kn ; Clouds: cirrus stratus 30% ; Temp: 25; press: 1011 mb
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I am here Lat-16.725822 Lon+179.975725 Alt+036ft GPS Sats seen 10 2019-07-08 22:24UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-16.725822&lon=179.975725 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-19.148453 Lon-178.567157 Alt+050ft GPS Sats seen 11 2019-07-08 22:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-19.148453&lon=-178.567157 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-19.148495 Lon-178.567175 Alt+047ft GPS Sats seen 09 2019-07-08 21:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-19.148495&lon=-178.567175 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] cloud&sun
[position] 26 28.85S 171 16.11E
[status] Wind up and down yesterday but were able to sail for a while. Motoring now. Boat had a strong vibration early this morning. It wasn?t an earthquake but Ken thinks that maybe one of our prop zincs came loose. Vibration decreases a lot if we turn down the rpms, so we?re motoring more slowly.
[weather] Wind 5 knots, shifting directions (ENE-SE). Baro 1017.5. Clouds all around horizon, rhead. Patchy clouds overhead. Swell 1-2 meters.
[heading] 347T
[speed] 6.3
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I am here Lat-19.148388 Lon-178.567180 Alt+038ft GPS Sats seen 07 2019-07-08 20:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-19.148388&lon=-178.567180 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] beeskiff
[position] 23 10.000s 174 05.500e
[status] Correction to previous.
All going well we are hoping to make Navula passage by mid morning Thursday.
[speed] 7.5 knots
[heading] 45T
[weather] 15 knots SE, 1m swell from the SE. 20% cloud cover.
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[password] beeskiff
[position] 23 10.000s 174 05.43e
[status] A beautiful night with slow and steady progress sailing in lighter winds of about 10 to 12 knots. From the early hours of the morning we were quite hard on the wind as it backed to a more easterly direction.
Almost exactly as the sun showed its first beautiful morning beams up through the clouds a sweet new breeze line filled in, veering to the south, and we are now flying along in similar conditions to yesterday. The current seems to have become more favourable too.
