[password] cloud&sun
[position] 18 54.88S 172. 03.71E
[status] As of 2016-09-03 21:00 UTC: Winds built again yesterday to 25-30 with 3 meter seas. Boat handling it all just fine. The wind backed more overnight and is diminishing. Guess will have to shake out another reef! The seas are also subsiding. Lots of stars overnight and very pleasant temps. Windvane still hanging together. Will have to wait until we get to port to fix autopilot. No traffic at all since leaving Fiji waters.
[heading] 260T
[speed] 6.4
[weather] 17-19 knts ESE. Baro 1020. 40% cloud cover.
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We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.