[password] Tsar12
[position] 31 14.688S 168 49.754W
[weather] E 12 knots seas 1-2 M with slight chop

[status] after beautiful sailing conditions all day yesterday we go interrupted by a front just after dinner -25 knots and we are steaming along at 9-11 knots still holding our east course - however this was to be short lived and 2 hours later the wind died to 8-10 and headed us so we had to start heading NE . Spotted Surreal on our aft windward quarter just before dark prob 5 nm away during the squall she neared away and dropped away and is now 5 nm to leeward and staying with us.lovely day today though the front we were hoping to pick up seems to have faded and moved another day away so we will just have to put up with cruising along in 12 knots meantime. If we pick up the front we should have 3-4days of 20-25 which will be a good push to our destination. Since leaving Auckland a week ago we have been on starboard tack the whole time except when we went walkabout in the light winds a few days back.
Excitement yesterday - we had a good hit on one of the lures yesterday - fought it for 5 mins before it managed to shake the hook - maybe todaywill be our day as we have had hits mins before it shook out didn?t see what it was but would have been worth getting.
14 hr run 169nm - hard to keep the averages up when the wind drops below 12 knots for extended periods
Note: Sending a brief description of the weather you are experiencing is a great help to David and Patricia (Gulf Harbour Radio) for monitoring the weather.

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