[password] 5Fku_7$H
[position]21 46.9S, 175 50.5E
[weather]Wind ExS 11-16, Bar 1013.5, Sky 50% cumulus and stratus, Seas 1m SE swell
[speed]6 knots
[heading]195T
[status]Beam reach port tack, sailing well under double reefed main and yankee
Wind has backed and seas not so steep, so it is more comfortable aboard. Better than 150nm yesterday. Quite good for little Velic, and a consolation for the motion and noise. Ceva-i-ra reef is now abeam, 69 nm to the west. Next worry is North Cape, NZ. A lot of noise on deck at 0100 had me worried about a deck fitting or rigging failure, but it turned out to be a very large flying fish flopping around, caught by our high toe-rail. I will need to give him the deep-six this morning.
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