[password] Savanna54
[position] 23 14.570s 166 22.360e
[status] Settling in for night watches - Daren 7-9, Barry 9-11, Kirstine 11-1 etc on 2 hr shifts. Roast chicken and coleslaw for dinner while our plates try to jump off the table. Still quite bumpy, with wind just starting to show signs of easing below 25kn, and a slight favourable shift to a more easterly direction.

We've slowed down a bit for the night, averaging about 5.5kn with 2 reefs in the main and quite depowered, and little bit of headsail.

Much more comfortable than before doing over 7+kn and flying off waves and getting quite a lot of water over the deck and bimini and in the cockpit. Wishing we had a hard top and clears on the sides :)

We'll keep comfortable speed tonight and chip away at the miles. 350nm to first waypoint off Norfolk island.

All well on board.
[speed] 5.5kn
[heading] 156M
[weather] 20 -25kn E, 2.0m SW swell, 50% cloud, 1024mb

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