[p]kudzuu1114
[pos]17 41s 179 07e
[sp]6.0
[h]012t
[s]After a wonderful night of ever so slow sailing in light air, the dawn has broken with glorious sunshine and a modest SE breeze. We have "threaded the needle" through the relatively narrow (4nm) passage past Batiki Island and now have clear water for the final run into Savusavu. We anticipate making landfall today in the late afternoon or early evening. We are still trying to puzzle out our persistent water leak and although we have many nutty theories, none seem to have been definitively proven (or dis-proven). All Mersoleil's systems have worked well on this passage. While we'll be glad to anchor at Savusavu, the passage has been a good one. We fell into our sleep deprivation routine about three days ago and both of us, though tired, feel pretty well.

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