[password] grace40

[position] 21 51.090s 174 23.085e

[weather] As of 1200 hrs 14/11/19. Wind SSE 14-16 kts. Swell less than 1.5 mts SE. Clear blue sky. COG 212T. SOG 6.5 - 7 kts. Baro 1012.

[status] For past 24 hrs, sailing has been fast (for us) with winds 18-22 kts late yessterday into last night. This morning winds eased to 14-16 kts. Still SSE which explains our continuing to sail SW. Now 73nm west of rhumblline. Looking at our paper chart (yes we actually still use them), I noted we are only 45nm west of our position at the same time into the passage on our 2018 NZ passage. Since we got to NZ then, I'm confident we'll the same this tiime. After tomorrow, the winds start to back eastward, so we can follow them. Then they continue to NE & N, and we'll be able to do a rhumbline into NZ at that time. But the last few days look to be light and we'll be motoring. In meantime, we're enjoying some outstanding sailing conditions.

Cheers
John

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