[password] Doris8503
[position] 23 41 S 161 26 E (18:30 UTC)
[speed] 4-5 kts
[heading]085M )
[status] All Well On Board
On passage from Brisbane to Noumea. Light winds gone round to NNE. Taking advantage of light wind and change of direction to change tack and get back towards rhum line readu for anticioated wind shify to Easterly or even SSE winds. Overflown earlier today bu Australian Border Force aircraft checking up on us. Apart from a fishing boat just sighted on AIS no other traffic for last three days.
Wind NNE 4-8 kts
Sea Slight swell, 0.2m waves
Barometer 1017.2 steady
Cloud Cover 10%
Temperature 20.2 degC
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A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.