Remedy - May 21, 2014

By Remedy on

[password] seeker14
[position] 20 12s 179 31e
[speed] 5.5
[heading] 318M
[weather] S 11 to 15 knots. 1011.5mb, rising. Sea moderate. 20% cloud cover. Swell 1 to 2 with an awkward lump in it
[status]
Position updated - prior transmission has incorrect position. Steady progress - 65 miles south of our first Fiji island - Matuku. all well onboard. love to all
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Rayfiki - May 21, 2014

By Rayfiki on

[password] Doreen
[position] 21 10s 179 53w
[status] Good night and good day sail yesterday. Wind kept increasing yesterday so kept reefing down!! Wind started decreasing around 2am this morning
[speed] 6k
[heading] 320T
[weather] wind 13 - 15k 230T 50% cloud cover swell 2m good period[END]

KIck Arse Yacht

By Rayfiki on

Parko, my good sailing buddy from Whanga, always refers to Rayfiki as that Kick Arse Yacht. Well today it lived up to its name. Sitting up on the tramp in the sun as we clipped along at 10 k with a true wind speed averaging 15k was fantastic. I even got a screenshot of us doing 10k in a TWS of 10.3k a peak of 18 was great. The seas were calm with about a 2 to 3 m swell with a long period so that was pleasant and helpful. All crew just enjoyed the shear excitement of the speed and like an albatross we seemed to skim over the top of the sea. By 4.30 the wind kept coming up, so first went the screecher, and so ended a most pleasant day in the sun. We just kept reefing down: next came the main and then the headsail. Unfortunately with the wind has come a lumpy sea so we just tootled along at a more sedate rate.

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