[password]seabird14
[position]07 29 S 070 11 E
[status] Close reaching through a slightly confused sea with a southerly 2m swell and SE wind waves which makes our motion a bit uncomfortable. We shortened sail last night furling the genoa and deploying the staysail which has cost us a couple of knots in boat speed but it no longer feels like we are holding on to a running horse that smells the barn. Even with a single reef in the main and the staysail we are making 47 nm every 6 hours which still works out well for an early morning arrival next Saturday. 1070 nm to Port Louis in Mauritius and all well on board.
[heading] 220 T
[speed] 8.2kts
[weather] 16 kts SE, seas 2.5m, 1010 mb, 65% cc
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