[password] 5Fku_7$H
[position]32 19s, 172 59e
[weather]wind W F2, sea SW swell 1m % 23°c, sky 20% cover of puffy cumulus & cirrus, bar 1015.3
[speed]5.5 kts
[heading]174°T
[status]Beautiful blue sky morning finds us motoring since midnight in lumpy seas and very light breeze, wind at lower end of forecast range. Rand is beginning to check the fuel "gauge" (consumption calcs) regularly, neurotically? 120 nm to North Cape, another 72 down the coast to Bay of Islands, plus 12 inside BoI to Opua: Not enough fuel to motor the whole way. At least there's good coffee while we wait for wind. All is well aboard.
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