[password] Ridingmore[position] 20 10.6S 165 32.3W
[weather] 6-10 knots of W
[speed] 5-7 knots[status] Had a bit of breeze come through yesterday, blew over 35knots from the south for a good couple of hours, then gradually settled into a more manageable 25 for the rest of the night- good for making miles west, but came at a cost- everyones sealegs washed overboard almost immediately the front hit, doh! Also, the sad remnants of the hand of bananas suffered considerable as we were tossed around- the back deck was partially covered with dismembered, inverted, and squashed bananas- no need to send a banana cake recipe now! It settled down nicely this morning though, and the smiles are back on peoples dials, the breeze is light, and we're close hauled heading straight for home- not quite ready for the final turn to NZ yet, but nice for the miles to be sailed dissappearing at the same rate as our speed. 1600nm to go... As the days tick by, and with the weather having been generally light over the last week, our intended landfall of the end of the month is looking a bit dubious unfortunately.. best we could hope to do it in is about 10 days from here- so maybe the third of Nov at the earliest? See ya when we're looking at ya:)

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