[password] beeskiff
[position] 29 03.683s 160 37.266e
[status] Last night was a mixed bag of little rain squalls, gusts and lulls, generally a bit lighter varying from about 10 to 25 knots.
During one of the lulls we decided to motor as battery needed charge anyway. That dreaded dry sound came out of the exhaust and spent a frustrating half an hour checking impeller, pouring water in the strainer etc. to prime the raw water pump. All good now and we ended up motoring a fair bit last night.
This morning the wind is light and from behind so we are motoring again. Nice and comfy tho.
Weather forecasts at the moment look like we will have lighter winds for the rest of the trip so the staysail has been packed in its deck bag and we will hoist the big sails when the wind fills in.
[speed] 6.8
[heading] 65T
[weather] 10kt SW 1m swell from the SW 10% cloud cover

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