[password] silvermom
[position] 31 21.53S 171 18.06E
[status] This morning's adventures included a large wave tossing a cascade down the companionway at the precise moment I had the hatch open to tether myself in; jury-rigging a fix for a broken reefing line; and finding clever solutions for the malfunctioning head. Just another day at sea! A good one, actually: making our two short-term goals of not arriving below 32S before the strongest part of the front passes ahead of us, and keeping the boat from bashing too much. We set sail yesterday afternoon, once the winds turned more northerly, and are making reasonable progress along the rhumb line to Opua.
[heading] 145T
[speed] 6.5kk
[weather] Wind NE 24. Seas NE 3.5m. Baro 1017, a slight increase. Cloud 100%.
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