[password] beeskiff
[position] 30 23.357s 157 51.124e
[status] The first half of the night was hard with rain squalls (no lightning fortunately) necessitating frequent furling and unfurling of the jib as we were knocked about by the lumpy sea. I?ve never before experienced so much crashing about of stuff down below as despite our best efforts to secure, the violent rolling from side to side played havoc. This made sleep difficult.
Later on the squalls ended and the seas and wind became a bit more consistent and we both had some good sleep.
This morning there is a miraculous transformation with much smaller and regular waves, the wind is a touch lighter and we are getting wonderful assistance from the current as hoped. Full jib poled out, full staysail to leeward, still no mainsail. No more rocking, happy days :)
[speed] 8
[heading] 65T
[weather] 18kt W 0.5m swell from the W 10% cloud cover.

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