[password] mantaray
[position] 21 14.70S 176 59.23E
[weather] 3knts S, slight seas
[speed] 4,5knts
[heading] 165T
[status] Motoring since yesterday morning. 1 knot current reducing speed.

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[password] mantaray
[position] 23 03.68S 176 20.91E
[weather] 5knts SE, slight seas, drizzle
[speed] 4,5knts
[heading] 190T
[status] Short periods of sailing, then motoring again. Still 1,5 knot counter current. Don't recall reading about the current anywhere, didn't expect this. Yesterday we crossed the "long pants line", +20 C, normal Finnish summer deg feels cold!

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[password] mantaray
[position] 24 57.07S 175 49.98E
[weather] 15knts SE, 90 % cloud cover
[speed] 4,5knts
[heading] 200T
[status] Smooth day with 10 kn SE, bumpy night with 25 kn SE. Baked bread and made meatballs when it still was less wind. Happy to have wind!

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[password] mantaray
[position] 27 26.15S 175 31.02E
[weather] 20knts ESE, 100 % cloud cover
[speed] 6knts
[heading] 185T
[status] Good progress, 150 nm / 24 hr. Now current in favour: speed 8 knots for a few hours. Yesterday sun and bucket wash in cockpit, now grey skies and drizzle. Seawater 22 deg C.

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[password] mantaray
[position] 29 54.67S 175 59.78E
[weather] 30knts ENE, 100 % cloud cover, rain, thunder
[speed] 7knts
[heading] 185T
[status] Lightning and thunder during the whole night. Main in 3rd reef, corner of headsail out. Seas start to build, some wash over the boat, but Manta is taking waves beautifully. We stay down below, watch is kept by standing in companionway in the shelter of our solid "sprayhood". Great to have yesterday's chicken curry left :-). (28.10. the wind was ENE, not ESE as written.) All well.

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[password] mantaray
[position] 32 17.20S 174 38.30E
[weather] 25-30knts ENE, 60% cloud cover, 3 m swell
[speed] 6knts
[heading] 185T
[status] Yesterday nice sailing. Beautiful night with stars and half moon. ETA Opua Tuesday afternoon.

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[password] mantaray
[position] 34 57.35S 174 13.19E
[weather] 20knts NE
[speed] 5,7knts
[heading] 193T
[status] 24 nm to Opua. What an end to our 3rd Pacific crossing, that started 1st of March from Puerto Montt, Chile. Great passage, great sailing! Thanks for GHR providing this tracking.

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[password] wde9568
[position] 29 05S 174 04E
[status] All well 360 nm to Opua, NZ Gusts to 40 and heavy rain overmight
[speed] 7.5
[heading] 169M
[weather] 20-27 E 2m swell from the NE .95% cloud 1012 bar
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[password] godd
[position]30 16.121s 170 33.036e
[status] Not quite laying up to waypoint in BOI, wind was NE for a while last night but shifted back to ENE early this morning.
The old bucking bronko is going for it.
[speed] 6.8kts
[heading] 140M
[weather] ENE 20-30kts, CC 100% frequent showers, Bar. Sea E 3-4mt confused
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