[password]Tusi2284
[position]23 50.20S 179 40.97W
[speed]4 knots
[heading]250M
[weather]SW 10knots, seas 3m swell, 0.5m waves, cloud cover 30%, barometer 1020
[status]We left North Minerva Reef at 0900 this morning together with four other yachts and one power boat plus at least three yachts from South Minerva. We and those that we can see on AIS are making our way very slowly to the west sailing hard into a very light wind. We've just crossed the Tropic of Capricorn and are about to cross the dateline. I'm expecting the wind to slowly strengthen overnight and to back to the SE over the next couple of days. Once through the SE winds we'll be into a high pressure area with light or no winds and once through that we'll meet a weak front with presently unknown but possibly more light winds. So it's looking like a long trip. However, it's not raining, as it was for most of our passage from Borabora to Vavau, and that is a real plus! So we're drifting along in the sun which isn't so bad.

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