[password] 23Twelve
[position] 33 01.013S 173 55.684E
[weather]12knts SSW, moderate seas, 3m swell SW, 90% cloud, 1010 baro
[speed] 5knts
[heading] 150T
[status] On passage, N Minerva Reef to Opua. Wind moderating, staying SSW, occasionally SW. Sea state improving but still lumpy. Close-hauled making best speed upwind, double-reefed main, staysail & yankee. Waiting for wind to veer further to lay Bay of Islands waypoint.[END]