[password] 1116
[position] 24 39S 167 48E
[speed] 7.5 knts
[heading] 160 True
[status] We left Ile des Pins at 10:30 am local time and had an enjoyable sail until 6:30 pm when the wind died and we had to use the "auxiliary" engine. There was a 1 knot adverse current yesterday but a 1.5 favorable current currently. The seas look like a lumpy mattress. We have 713 nm to go to Bay of Islands with an ETA of Friday morning, Nov. 21, NZ time (Thur night USA time). SSSSHHH don't tell anyone, but it's Rankin's birthday today!!!
[weather] Wind light and variable, Seas 2 meter swell, Cloud cover 40% to East and zero to West, Barometer 1016 steady
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