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[position] 33 09.513s 173 51.418e

[status] We’ve sighted (on AIS) another container ship Ningbo Dawn 807ft long! We must be getting close to home – thank goodness, as this messy sea is enough to make Sasha a landlubber. Sasha has slept most of today away, and figured out today that this is the longest passage she has done so far. Our passage up to Tonga was broken by a peaceful 2 day stop at Minerva reef. Next time Sasha will recommend a stop at Norfolk Island for a day or two if the weather gods allow it.
The current plan is to continue on a course of 135 until later on tonight or early tomorrow morning, and then tack towards NZ. Our current ETA into Opua is tomorrow afternoon 23 rd October 2016 which will mean it took us 6 days to get to NZ from New Caledonia. Longer than we had hoped, but a lot of it has been with the wind on our nose.
All well on board.

[speed] 7

[heading] 135M

[weather] Southerly 10-15knots (approx), 20% cloud. Sea state 1.5-2 metre choppy and messy swell.

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