[password] yppah4187
[position] 32 18.000s 175 35.000e
[status] 0600 NZ time. Monday 3 Nov. Sailing on slight seas on rhumb line to Opua, NZ
[speed] 7.0
[heading] 206T
[weather] 12 knots NW, seas less than 1 metre, 20% cloud cover

other comments:

Great to be sailing at last. Haven't motored so much since we spent 5 days motoring to avoid pirates off the coast of Somalia 5 years ago.

distance to entrance to Bay of Islands: 190 miles (Opua NZ)
ETA: Tuesday 4 November
temperature still balmy

Banana count: 6
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