[p]sheeryit
[pos]21 02.480s 168 13.000e
[sp]5.8kn, 220degs M
[w]ESE 20-22kn, 50%cloud cover, Bar 1019.
[s] Took the gap and left Port Resolution 09.30hrs. Hard going out and around corner, with beat to bottom corner Tanna. Cracked off onto course 210M, in 4-5mts seas, and winds 24-28, gusting 30-32. Pretty wet and wild, with a few big waves slapping over the boat.Seas now settled down to 2.5- 3.0mts, and having gained a little real estate during the night, we have the luxury of dropping down 10degs to round Mare, before hardening up again for Havannah Pass. Thanks Patricia for the encouragement to take the Monday gap.... but I donât think it was the kind of passage conditions we all would really want if we had a choice! But we needed to get to New Cal pretty soon, and there were no guarantees looking forward!!
regards, Rod & Mary[END]
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