[password] silvermom
[position] 29 21.9S 149 33.8W
[status] Gribs have been remarkably accurate on this passage, so we banked on being able to drive north in an upcoming calm. Sure enough, winds died as predicted; we fired up the engine and are heading slightly east of the rhumb line to Raivavae. Even with no wind for a while, the swells are still magnificent!
[heading] 18T
[speed] 4.5k
[weather] Wind light and variable. Sea SSW 4m. Baro 1021mb and steady. Cloud 70%.
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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.