[password] cloud&sun
[position] 8 17.41S 163 13.21E
[status] Looks like we forgot to update the position with our report yesterday. That should have been 10 31S, 162 49E. We executed the sling shot maneuver about 12 hours ago. So far so good. We?re expecting to encounter some thunderstorms, but have only gotten a few bouts of light rain. The developing cyclone to our SE is giving us a very nice boost. And it is great to finally be heading more to where we are ultimately trying to go. We are thinking we?ll have to carry on further east than the Longitude of Majuro, so that we can head back to the NW when we hit easterly winds. Three boobies visited us about sunset and tried to land on our hardtop (which has solar panels). Ken maintained a watch to shoo them off (they make a real mess). He convinced them to head back to the Solomons (which are very close) after a lot of very vigorous whooping. So far we?ve only run the engine for 30 minutes (to get out of Port Vila), so we?re happy about conserving our fuel reserve. We had expected we?d need to motor a lot.
[heading] 45T
[speed] 8
[weather] Wind 23 194T. Baro 1003. Waves 3 meters from the SE. Lots of cloud around.

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