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[position] 18 07.565s 177 17.600w

[status] A great day sailing top speed for the day 15.6knots under main sail only!! Both Mike and Sasha have had naps to prep for another nights sailing. Dinner was a delicious chicken harissa casserole, with kumara, and tomato base sauce. Sasha is reading Jane Austen’s classic ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Mike is reading ‘James Cook’s Lost World’ a novel by Graeme Lay. We’ve been in VHF contact with Fusio, all well on board there, we can see them just behind our starboard aft now. We’re still smokin’ along with only our main up, and for some fun, Mike has turned off Auto and is surfing down the waves for something to do. We’ve had a tiny casualty – there is a tiny dead flying fish sitting up on the deck, we’ll give Flippy an appropriate send off when we are in calmer waters. We’re having a tad bit of difficulty with our battery charger, it’s showing the correct indicator lights when we pop on the genny, but it isn’t charging, which is a bummer. Anyo
ne got any clues/tips? We’ll take a better look at it once we are at Fiji.

[speed] 9knots

[heading] 275M

[weather]. Approx 15-20 knots east, nor’east, we may put a reef in before sunset. We’ve had a beautiful display of rainbows today, and a few light showers. The following sea (2M swell) is proving entertaining, as Moonfish is quite the surfer. 70% cloud cover Baro: 1015

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