[password] cloud&sun
[position] 25 34.17S 173 49.61E
[status] As of 2016-11-19 15:00 UTC: Winds have backed around over the past 12 hours allowing us to make a better course to NZ. We had good wind all day and are able to make good progress as the seas come down. We had expected to be motoring on this leg of the trip, but the winds have continued to hold.
[heading] 202T
[speed] 7
[weather] 16.8 knots ESE. Baro 1017. 100% cloud. 2 meter swell.
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The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.