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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[password] windy
[position] 34 13s 174 39e
[speed] 7.0
[heading] 204T
[weather]90% cloud cover, 25nnw, bar. 1016, 1.5m swell.
[status]Well reefed, comfortable sailing - good to have the engine off! ETA Opua today afternoon. All well.
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[password]Dolphin
[position] 24 31.7s 175 44.9e
[speed] 6. knts
[heading] 190 T
[weather] 12 knts ENE 40% Cloud less than 1 m swell P 1016 bar
[status] Have slowed down as wind has dropped. Sea much calmer.
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[password] NZ1907
[gulfhabour]
synopsis: on
rollcall: on
updates: on
[position] 26 57.788s 178 49.781e
[status] Passage Minerva to NZ
[speed] 4.4
[heading] 201T
[weather] 8-12 knots from the ENE. 20 percent cloud cover. All's well onboard.
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[password] soesch
[gulfharbour]
[position] 35 50.2S 174 28.1E
[status] Tied up at the Q dock in Marsden Cove.[END]

[password] yppah4187
[position] 31 21.000s 176 12.000e
[status] 1700 NZ time. Sunday 2 Nov. continuing to motor sail in light winds on for rhumb line to Opua, NZ
[speed] 5.4
[heading] 206T
[weather] 5 knots N, long period swell less than 1m from the south-west, 10% cloud cover

other comments:
distance to entrance to Bay of Islands: 250 miles (near Opua NZ)
ETA: Tuesday 4 November
temperature inside the cabin is a warm 30C
Banana count: 8, all unripe
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[password] jack1010
[position] 24 07.7 S 175 05.9 E
[status] Enjoying the sunshine, cooler nights and better seas
[speed] 7.5k
[heading] 181T
[weather] wind 20k E sunshine
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