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[position] 32 16.860s 175 53.695e

[status] All very well on board. There is very light winds today, the ocean is so calm, with minimal swell, it is very pleasant indeed. Apart from the fact that we are motoring, when we would much rather sail (we go much faster when we are sailing). This morning we went from leading the pack of yachts out here, to dead last – as we are only using one engine to conserve diesel (2.5Lt per hour is pretty economical). We switch engines every couple of hours to keep things exciting – ha! Today the last of the lasagna was hoovered up by the boys at lunch time. Sasha made a chestnut puree chocolate fudge cake, which became afternoon tea firsties, and then we had apple, orange, almonds and cheddar cheese for second-ies afternoon tea. Tonight for tea we are having another Pauline special Chinese Beef Stew with rice – thanks again Pauline, having these prep’d meals are just awesome!! Sasha downloaded all the South West Pacific Metservice weather maps this afternoon today, the
couple of big highs are nice for the settled sunny weather, but we’d love a tad more wind because it looks like we’ll be motoring for a good couple of days yet.

[speed] 6.7knots

[heading] 013

[weather] fair, very light winds, beautiful red sunset happening right now!

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