[password] Savanna54
[position] 22 35.320s 166 95.450e
[status] We're safely in the pass, but couldn't get to Noumea due to headwinds and strong tides.

We'll continue tomorrow morning. We're looking forward to a full night's sleep after 5 nights at sea doing 2 hours on, 2 hours off.

Overall it was a great trip and the weather was pretty much as forcast by predictwind. (Thanks!)

In other news, I made a beatiful lure yesterday, carved out of wood and hand painted, with a beak to make it swim deep like a rapala. It swam beautifully. If I was a fish... :) Unfortunately it worked too well and we lost it to a big shark while waiting to enter the pass. We got it to the boat, and cut it free - the hook will rust out quickly and all will be back to normal. It was a nice lure though...

The water temperature has dropped nearly 5 degrees since Fiji, down to 24C .. arctic temperatures!

Baguettes, fromage and vin rouge tomorrow :)

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