[password]minerva
[position]21°30.20'S 179°46.89'E
[status] Awoke yesterday (Sat) to a glassy lagoon but by 8AM the winds filled in to 10-12kt. We exited the South Minerva pass bound for Suva, Fiji at 10AM with wind 18-19k and building from 241T, putting it just forward of the beam. The fishing gods blessed us with a nice mahi mahi as we passed about 20 miles west of North Minerva. We sailed in 20-25 knots, with gusts to 28, under doubled reefed main and partial genoa with wind and swell on the beam much of the day but by early evening the wind moved aft and the seas began to align for some wonderful fast sailing with speeds in the 9's. Overnight the winds went lighter - and at times slightly east of south - so we've slowed enough that we might not make Suva on Monday as we had hoped.
[speed] 6.9
[heading] 315T
[weather] Wind up and down 15-17kt (gusting 22kt and at times dropping to 10kt) from 195-205T. Seas SW 2.5m. 100% heavy cloud cover. Bar 1016.
8/4/2018 7:55 PM UTC
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