[password] seabird14

[position]22 12 S 166 20 E

[status] headed to Noumea to drop girls for flight to USA. Will await crew
for departure first wx window after 11 Nov

[heading]

[weather]calm, cc 10%, 25 degrees 1013mb[END]

[password] Allegre$$e
[position] 24 35.3 S, 166 52.9 E
[speed] 6knts
[heading]167
[status]Departed Noumea on Sunday morning. Making good progress towards Norfolk Island, where we will overnight on Wednesday (before continuing to Opua) if the swell conditions are suitable. All is well on board.

[weather] ENE12, 80% cloud cover, 1016mb. Long swell of approximately 1.5-2meters
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[password] cosmos13
[position]33 57S 174 39E
[status] Had a bumpy night, with increasing NW winds, finally sailing straight towards Opua with two reefs, will arrive later this afternoon
[speed] 8.2
[heading] 195T
[weather] 23knts NE 2.5m swell from the NW 80% cloud cover.
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[password] Tewaka1975j
[position] 33 37S 173 09E
[speed] 8
[heading] 170T
[weather]25 knots from N 1 1/2 m following seas. 85% cloud cover. Red sky morning (warning taken - we think we will head in)
[status]

Vemail: send@yit.co.nz
subj: Pacific Hwy

[password] brucelaura
[position]06 28.020s 175 50.070e
[status] Winds are lightening up and veering more to the north. Clear skies and flat seas. 500 miles from Tarawa.
[speed] 5.0
[heading] 330m
[weather] 7.5knts NNE .
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[password] yppah4187
[position] 32 18.000s 175 35.000e
[status] 0600 NZ time. Monday 3 Nov. Sailing on slight seas on rhumb line to Opua, NZ
[speed] 7.0
[heading] 206T
[weather] 12 knots NW, seas less than 1 metre, 20% cloud cover

other comments:

Great to be sailing at last. Haven't motored so much since we spent 5 days motoring to avoid pirates off the coast of Somalia 5 years ago.

distance to entrance to Bay of Islands: 190 miles (Opua NZ)
ETA: Tuesday 4 November
temperature still balmy

Banana count: 6
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