[password] cloud&sun
[position] 12 55.94S 163 38.06E
[status] Very nice sailing conditions all day yesterday. We reefed down about sunset, as squalls started to pop up. So we've been meandering slowly since then. The wind gets sucked up by the squalls but then the next minute it can be 22 knots. Most we've seen so far is 26 knots. The wind has also shifted around a good deal, but the monitor wind vane is handling that well. Our course is looking a little bit wobbly. The clutch for one of our jib sheets lost the spring which holds the clutch mechanism in place (allowing the line to move freely). Fortunately Ken found a spare and was able to install the new spring. Both of us have also developed minor injuries. Ken banged his elbow very hard and it swelled up. Ice and an anti-inflammatory is helping that. Beth lost her balance and fell on her side/back into the vanity in the aft head, breaking the toilet paper roll holder and bruising her back. Ice and Panadol is helping that. Between the two of us, we have one intact person. We'll have to be more careful...
[heading] 356T
[speed] 5.5
[weather] Wind 14.7 145T. Baro 1007.5. Waves 2 meters from the SE. We're sailing deep downwind. Air temp 81.77F.

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