[password] 62yCudeodrat64
[position] 16 45.67 S 179 55.32 E
[status] What a deep bay. Motored all day from Cousteau.
[weather] Calm. Wind is what we make from moving.
date: 16/12/2018

[position] 16 40.33 S 179 50.68 E
[status] Interesting place at Mission Inn Buca Bay
[weather] Calm. Wind is what we make from moving.
date: 17/12/2018

[position] 16 44.98 S 179 53.57 E
[status] Viani Bay. Motored again from Buci.
[weather] Calm. Wind is what we make from moving. Light rain.
date: 18/12/2018

[password]minerva
[position]07°06.21'N 171°22.34'E
[status] We were fortunate to arrive in the Marshall Islands just in time to briefly cross paths again with our good friend Jeff Hartjoy, who we first met along with his delightful wife Debbie in the Marshalls in 2004. We picked up a signed copy of his new book "No Turning Back" which tells the story of his trip of his 2015 adventure making him the oldest American to circumnavigate solo, nonstop and unassisted via the Five Great Capes.

[password] beeskiff
[position] 33 29.380s 151 38.700e
[status] We motored all night in almost no wind with just a flat 3 reef mainsail to calm the roll. Beautiful grey smooth ocean and a barely distinguishable horizon in the moonlight. Mesmerising phosphorescent patterns from the bow and stern wake.
Initially we had some current against us but it?s turned to a little favorable as we close the coast more. Our frustration at seeing speeds in the 6?s is only an indication of how amazing our SOG has been for most of the trip.

[password] Wasc0Sa!ls
[position] 06°16.71'S 017°41.73'W
[status] Afternoon hurrah giving us some speed
[speed] 7.4
[heading] 292T
[weather] wind 10-18 knots from SSE
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[password] beeskiff
[position] 32 57.990s 152 39.124e
[status] This morning the good sailing continued but around midday the wind went a bit light and up the rear so we did some motor sailing. Motor has been on and off a bit this afternoon/evening as we use the remnants of the northerly breeze.

[password] huck8finn
[position] 07 06.166n 171 22.440e
[weather] mostly sunny, no squalls. 1008 mb. NE tradewinds 20 kts. SE
[speed] 0 kts. (moored)
[heading] 000T

[password] brucelaura
[position] 5 15n 100 16e
[status] Anchored off south end of Penang after a 10 hour motor, 56 miles. Wind was very light from the north. We had enough cloud cover to be comfortably cool all day and no rain! Five miles from Penang our prop had run in with a submerged rice bag but emerged unscathed. Whew! So happy to be back doing what we're supposed to be doing!

Sent from Iridium Mail & Web.

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