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[position] 10 05.067N 139 42.525E
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[status]Let?s just say it is howling here. We?ve have a very bumpy night at anchor here in the lagoon. The winds have been howling during this tropical storm. We?ve seen consistent winds of mid 30?s with gusts in low 40?s. It made for a slightly stressful night making sure we don?t drag or have any equipment failures. Our secondary anchor rode broke in 40 knots. I wasn?t surprised as the one we used was smaller than our primary, but needed to use it for 100m of scope. Primary anchor has not budged, so our concern has been chafe, and making sure the bridle remains intact. Fortunately it is a new bridle I just put on several weeks ago. We?ll wait out the weather a bit more, but getting antsy to run with this wind vs. sit here on the hook getting smashed. ;)
[weather] 28-34kts SW, big chop in lagoon, 998.6 pressure, 26C, dark skies

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