[password] Savanna54
[position] 17 08.433s 179 34.011w
[status] Nice to sail thru the Lau Group during the day. Some big islands.. looks beautiful and unspoilt. Saw some small dwellings from a distance.

Just starting to prep dinner and we hooked two mahi mahi on the handlines. One was on the lure Tristan made. We got one in, but struggled to wrangle it on board, lost it a few times back in the water, but got it in the end. Bent the gaff hook trying hold it down!

Kirstine brought the other one in to the boat. It was quite a bit bigger, and more lively.. jumping out of the water. Got it right to the boat, but lost it trying to get it on board.

Good effort all round tho. We dropped the spinnaker when the lines went so we could slow down enough to bring the fish in.

Wind has swung a bit more south and picked up to 18 to 20kn. Not quite on course with spinnaker running at 134 Apparent wind angle, but making good progress to waypoint, zooming along on a moonless night. Will reassess sail choice when Kirstine comes on at 10pm.

70nm to waypoint just of Savusavu.

Pleasant sailing, all well on board.

[speed] 7.0kn
[heading] 290M
[weather] 18kn SSE, 0.5m SE swell, 60% cloud, 1016mb

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