[password] rachel25
[position]38 43.700s 150 42.500w
[status] On passage to Valdivia, Chile from Auckland NZ. Its the middle of the night here and the wind has dropped down to 10 knots on our starboard quarter. HOwever the waves are still rolling through causing the boat to slop about and knocking all the wind out of he sails. We are expecting the high to move through to the north of us tomorrow and then we'll have another day or so to get north so we are on the top of the next low pressure system. Had freshly baked bread for lunch. The 3 of us ate a whole loaf! Lucas practicing his astro navigation today. He did a meridian passage (noon sight) and it was within 0.5 of a mile of our lat. Good start. WE'll move onto morning and afternoon sights tomorrow.
[speed] 4.5 kts
[heading] 110 true
[weather] Wind WSW 12 knots. 1.0m waves. Sky 30% c
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