[password] huck8finn
[position] 00 53.000n 178 37.000e
[weather] overcast, cloudy, large squalls, lightning. 1006mb. Winds 8-20 kts, SW-W-NW
[speed] 6.8 kts.
[heading] 321 T
[status] 20181209 0400 UTC, Day 20. 2 PonB, Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Fiji. Inbound Marshall Islands, ETA 12/17. Only 30 nm VMG, but prospects are improving. Last night was a weird mix of wild currents and an odd fishing vessel. We were tired of the 1.5 kt eastward current, and with our newfound source of current current data via saildocs (thanks shesan), we began to consider motoring a bit north to escape it. But when a Chinese fishing vessel (70m) poped up, headed right for our drifting Tumbleweed, it was all engine full speed ahead! An hour later we had escaped the fisherpersons but were distressed to find that we were in a 3.5 kt. eastward current! Arggh, or is that arrgh!? But at this new location we had sailing winds and we were off and happy and soon to be free of the 3.5 current. Come morning, the Chinese were back, headed right for us again. I radioed them and told them where to go...literally. (Through miscommunication? or kindness? we thought they as
ked us where we were headed, and we said Majuro, their reply was "Okay, we go towards Majuro!" and then they were gone.) Favorable sailing weather is forecasted to arrive by Tuesday and then stay through to the following Monday. 560 nm to go (rhumbline).

[END]