[password] rachel25
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[position]37 43.660s 155 53.996w
[status] On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. PLeasant day yesterday and good to catch up with Kiapa and Sel Citron as well as Maunie and Obsession in the evening. We will soon know how far our SSBs will stretch.
Front came through just after midnight so we are now reaching with 2 x reefed main and a scrap of staysail in 25 - 30 knots. Sea still building but its not forecast to last more than a few hours and then we are expecting a high pressure to move in for a day or so. I should probably introduce you to our 4th crew member as he is taking a big part in this passage. He is Bruce Buckley, the weatherman. We have never met but we are in e mail contact twice daily. He sits in Perth, West Australia, and guides us between the highs and the lows, the gales and the calms. Thats why I know it was a front that came through just after midnight!
SOrry about the glitch in yesteday's position. I gather we did an amazing day's run.

[speed] 6.0 kts
[heading] 120 true
[weather] Wind SSW 22 - 30 knots. 2.5 -3m waves. Sky 30% cloud cover. Bar 1017.
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