[password] huck8finn
[position] 10 16.000s 178 43.000e
[weather] sunny with scattered clouds and showers. steady winds at 8 kts E
[speed] 5.0 kts
[heading] 028 T
[status] 20181124 0400 UTC, Day 5. 2 POB, Douglas & Morgan, all is well. Outbound Fiji. Inbound Marshall Islands. Good sailing conditions continue, but at slower speeds.
After many downwind passages with high winds and big seas, we've rediscovered upwind sailing in light winds and calm seas, squeezing 5 kts out of 8 kts of true wind on a close reach with full sails. Several days of very light winds are forecasted by both GFS and EC, so we're planning our drifting sea-spa vacation. It is getting hotter. 95F/35C in the cabin midday. All of our hatches and portlights are covered with aluminum foil. 1140 nm to go (rhumbline).

[END]