[Password] Bright Angel
[Position] 24 36.688S 155 05.974W
[Weather] Wind ESE 9-11 kts; Seas slight - swell ESE .5 m, wind waves ESE 5 m; cloud cover 95% with periods of rain; bar 1014.78 hP and steady, last 3 hr -00.6
[Speed] 4.7 -5.3 kts
[Heading] 065T
[Status] Gave up fighting the squirrelly, light winds yesterday afternoon around 1430 and turned on the engine. Around 2100 last night, winds came up enough to motor sail effectively; and then, at 0900 this morning, the engine was turned off and we have been sailing ever since! Fingers crossed for more of the same throughout the day! The big event on board today (besides starting to sail again!) was the inevitable switch over from NZ Standard time to Tahiti Time!. In the process we lost two hours, but gained a day; went from 0900 on Sunday, 6 May, to 1100 on Saturday, 5 May. Let's hope that this new attempt at Saturday is better than yesterday's Saturday! Thanks for checking our progress on YiT! All is well on board.
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