[password] Ridingmore
[position] 22 28.9S 167 49W
[weather]12-18 knots from SE
[status] Kia ora all!
Patea is doing well - we collectively decided that hand steering isn't too onerous, and especially Selma has come leaps and bounds, and is now providing a perfectly steady (and not nervous at all) hand on the ship!

[p]pjr4728
[s]
pos: 35 18.9s 174 17.3w
sp: 0
h: 0t
w: 12-20kn NW, cloud 7/8, SS 1-1.5m SSW
d: 03/11/20 12.42 GMT+1300
Well we have made it to Opua, covering 2,393nm over ground (2,589nm on log) from Huahine, in 18 days 3 hrs and 12 minutes.

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 20 37.1S 165 06.1W
[weather]12-18 knots from SE
[status] To our great enjoyment, after two days of intense rain that has soaked every crevice and crack on Patea, the sun finally arose this morning, and the sky has returned to its typical tropical hues, mainly blue with a light scattering of puffy white drifting slowly across the horizon. We have serene winds from the SE sector, which is starting to dry the boat out, so that is a relief!

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 19 50.5S 162 13.5W
[weather]18-22 knots from SE

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 18 42.7S 156 54.1W
[weather]N 1-4 knots from everywhere

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 17 42.1S 154 57W
[weather]N 10-14 knots from 300 degrees

[password] Ridingmore
[position] 16 45.06S 153 08.6W
[weather]N 18-25 knots

[p]pjr4728
[s]
pos: 25 00.3s 177 16.8w
sp: 6.5-7.5
h: 223t
w: 18-20kn SW, cloud 7/8, SS 1-1.5m SSW
d: 28/06/20 12.00 GMT+1300
We have now covered around 1,617nm over ground in 12 days since starting (1,764nm through the water showing average current has been against - and/or our Log needs recalibrating!!).

Day 9 (145.5nm) had us passing about 45nm to the S of Beveridge Reef in nice conditions in 17-21 (gusts to 27).