The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.
[password]Tusi2284
[position]16 03.809S 145 37.160W
[speed]0kn
[heading]000T
[weather]ESE 5kn, seas 0m, cloud cover 5%, baro 1016 steady
[password] TwinkY6433
[position] 21 30.49s 176 09.69W
[weather] NW 10 knots, 1012 baro
[speed] 6 knots motoring
[heading] 046M
[status] More rain and not much wind so motorsailing all day. Don?t have to rush as eta to reef pass 0600, so will have to wait for light to go in. Another yacht are having engine troubles so we will probably also wait for them and go in with them. Fish and chips for dinner. Hope to be anchored outside Big Mamas by late morning Tues. Very much looking forward to a cold adult beverage. All well on board.
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I am here Lat-23.015512 Lon-179.239522 Alt+049ft GPS Sats seen 10 2018-06-04 05:20UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-23.015512&lon=-179.239522 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] silvermom
[position] 23 27.58S 179 00.88W
[status] Departed for Fiji this morning. This is the first time we've ever chosen to start a passage with no wind, but we've been in Minerva 1 1/2 weeks and there was no forecast for good sailing winds in sight, so we fired up the engines are are driving. Thank goodness for the new autopilot Art installed in Opua!
[heading] 335T
[speed] 5.8k
[weather] Wind NNE 2k. Sea NE 2M. Baro 1012 and steady. Cloud 99%.
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I am here Lat-23.100148 Lon-179.196173 Alt+030ft GPS Sats seen 10 2018-06-04 04:20UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-23.100148&lon=-179.196173 Sent via Iridium GO!
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I am here Lat-23.183817 Lon-179.153135 Alt+056ft GPS Sats seen 10 2018-06-04 03:20UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-23.183817&lon=-179.153135 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] mauao1976
[position] 37 40.228S 176 10.731E
[weather] overcast
[speed] 0
[heading] 016
[status] sending this from my iridium go. GPS from furno
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I am here Lat-23.268080 Lon-179.109598 Alt+057ft GPS Sats seen 10 2018-06-04 02:20UTC http://map.iridium.com/m?lat=-23.268080&lon=-179.109598 Sent via Iridium GO!
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[password] pilot25041
[position] 19 02.2s 149 00.4w
[status] Sunday ..... and another day on the high seas in a yacht named Surreal II ....... around 9pm last night we gybed back on to stbd tack as the wind had backed far enough for us to head almost due north and lay a good course to Papeete. After a moonlit night we had a really nice sunrise, however, within an hour it started to cloud over and although Allan had the sunshade out over the helm position during late morning, we now have 100% cloud cover, but fortunately no rain.
