[password] Bri44angel
[gulfharbor]
synopsis: on
roll call: on
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[position] 21 04.891S 167 42.002E
[status] En route to Noumea, executing "plan B". When it became apparent yesterday afternoon that we were not going to make this morning's flood tide at Havannah Pass because of having had to ease off and slow down in order for the off watch to sleep the night before, and because the winds were not "as advertised" (SE instead of E-ESE), we motored east to get a decent sailing angle then deeply reefed the sails and set out on the last 130 nm to the pass at 3.2 knots, so as to make the Wednesday morning flood. We will then continue straight thru to Noumea. All is well on board!
[speed] 3.2 kts
[heading] 187T
[weather] Wind SE 10-12 knts, gustsd to 15; seas SE 1m; 45% cloud cover - a few "squalletes" overnight; bar 1018.40, raising.
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