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pos: 26 43.0s 007.26e
d: 07/02/2019 1430 GMT+0
w: partly cloudy, baro 1021
h: 326T
sp:4.3

OK! It's day six of our passage from Cape Town to St. Helena and we have survived the icky bit, the first days when one wants nothing more than to sleep and can't do it even when time is available. Ew! Now we're in the breezing along stage!

Mersoleil left Cape Town in the late afternoon last Saturday, moving right into a cold damp night with near shore fog, prompting us to learn how to use our new VHF radio to operate the fog horn.

I am here Lat+5.250997 Lon+100.272168 Alt+044ft GPS Sats seen 10 2019-02-07 08:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.250997&lon=100.272168 Sent via Iridium GO!

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I am here Lat+5.251917 Lon+100.272595 Alt+044ft GPS Sats seen 10 2019-02-07 07:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.251917&lon=100.272595 Sent via Iridium GO!

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I am here Lat+5.332728 Lon+100.344697 Alt+043ft GPS Sats seen 11 2019-02-07 06:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.332728&lon=100.344697 Sent via Iridium GO!

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[password] brucelaura
[Position] 07 49.0N 98 21.60E
[Status] Happy Lunar New Year (year of the pig!). We are planning to check
out of Thailand on Friday and depart on Saturday (Friday is considered
unlucky for a nautical departure although we have done that many times). We
will probably have no wind for the first 12-24 hours which will give us a
chance to run the engine, charge the batteries, and top off our water tanks
with the water maker. After that we should be able to sail. It seems like

I am here Lat+5.452903 Lon+100.332100 Alt+044ft GPS Sats seen 10 2019-02-07 05:23UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.452903&lon=100.332100 Sent via Iridium GO!

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I am here Lat+5.457607 Lon+100.313955 Alt+044ft GPS Sats seen 07 2019-02-07 04:24UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.457607&lon=100.313955 Sent via Iridium GO!

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[password] huck8finn
[position] 10 0.000n 161 41.000e
[weather] mostly sunny, no squalls. NE tradewinds 18 - 28 kts, averaging 23 kts., seas fully built, 3m
[speed] 6.5 kts.
[heading] 290T
[status] 20190207 03:30 UTC, Day 5. Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Marshall Islands. Inbound Saipan. Great sailing conditions continue. We are hitting 150nm-days without much effort. We expect to pickup some free speed as we sail into westward currents at 1 - 1.5 kts. Our ETA for Saipan is Thursday, Feb. 14.

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I am here Lat+5.457687 Lon+100.313897 Alt+076ft GPS Sats seen 07 2019-02-07 03:24UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=5.457687&lon=100.313897 Sent via Iridium GO!

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[password] huck8finn
[position] 10 0.000n 161 41.000e
[weather] mostly sunny, no squalls. NE tradewinds 18 - 28 kts, averaging 23 kts., seas fully built, 3m
[speed] 6.5 kts.
[heading] 290T
[status] 20190207 03:30 UTC, Day 5. Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Marshall Islands. Inbound Saipan. Great sailing conditions continue. We are hitting 150nm-days without much effort. We expect to pickup some free speed as we sail into westward currents at 1 - 1.5 kts. Our ETA for Saipan is Thursday, Feb. 14.

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