[password] cloud&sun
[position] 28 49.772S 172 44.543E
[status] Had some beautiful sailing yesterday in light winds. We put a fishing line out but no luck. Wind picked up a bit after midnight and there are a few small squalls around (but no lightning).
[weather] 16.4 WNW. Baro 1009. Some blue sky, but squalls around. 2 meter swell.
[heading] 173T
[speed] 8

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[password] STUART32
[position] 01 03.637s 141 08.550w

[password]minerva
[position]11°10.75'S 173°30.30'W
[status] On the rhumb line to Majuro, RMI. Departed Pago Pago on Thursday under sunny skies and light trade wind conditions but it was not to last as a new surface trough formed over us and our forecast of 12-15k wind turned in to 4-7k. So the first day we had a mixed bag of some pretty nice sailing in mostly light air, a few hours under half oz. spinnaker, and a half hour of motoring. After sunset the wind filled to 10-16k, mostly 10-12k, with squalls and lots of lightening.

[password] 5Fku_7$H
[position]26 03.9s, 173 28.9e
[weather]Wind W @ F3, Sea NW swell 1m & 25.6c, Sky 30% cover cumulus,
[speed]5 kts
[heading]210 T
[status]Motor-sailing SW, West wind developing - should be sailing before breakfast. Clear skies and sun welcome after clouds, rain, and confused wind as trough passed over Friday evening to Saturday evening. With 567 nm to go, we're just shy of half way. Now south of the tropic of Capricorn, ~23? 26S, and out of the torrid zone. All is well.
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[password]quitox
[position]27 02s 175 09e

[password] huck8finn
[position] 03 02.300s 175 39.300e
[weather] partly sunny with 75% clouds, a few squalls. Winds 3-14 kts SW to SE, mostly 6 kts. Combined seas 1m, gentle swell.
[speed] 3.8 kts
[heading] 000 T

[password] cloud&sun
[position] 26 14.0303S 172 19.7408E
[status] Got underway again early yesterday evening. Motorsailed overnight as the wind went light and was shifty in sporadic squalls. Wind shifted around to the WSW this morning and we're sailing again. Beautiful conditions for the moment.
[weather] 11.4 WSW. Baro 1010. Light cloud. 1-2 meter swell.
[heading] 168T
[speed] 7.5

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[password] STUART32
[position] 03 42.754s 141 00.540w

[date] 2018-11-30
[status] We had another good night's sailing, although more robust than preferred. We keep seeing forecast winds of E-ESE but keep getting ENE-E instead making for a tight reach almost close hauled sailing; which is something we were hoping we saw the back of when sailing up to the Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas.

[weather] Winds are ENE 10-15, 40% cloud cover, 1.5m short interval swell. Barometer reading is 1018.
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