[password] fbs18940
[position] at 0915 NZ Daylight time: 34,41S; 174,08E.
[status] beating very slowly and with great difficulty down the east coast of NA, headed for Opua, 29 nm south and an eternity away. all is well on board, tired, disgusted.
[speed]6.5-7.0 kts
[course] varies, we 3/0 cloud
are tacking down the coast. Very nasty short waves make getting close to wind impossible, are stuck with a tacking angle of over 130 degrees, ouch.
[weather] south/southwest 16-27 kts; 1 meter short, choppy seas; baro 1022
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