[password]minerva
[position]01°10.32'N 177°02.91'E
[status] Sunday brought another night with 25-30 knot squalls and plenty of lightning interrupted by nearly windless spells.

Mostly light wind with confused swell from the west, south, and east made it difficult to keep the sails filled today as we watched the windex spinning in circles when the boat rolled side to side. The seas improved and wind filled in late afternoon so we're making better headway but still fighting an adverse current of 1.5 to 2.2 knots.

We are currently carrying a passenger on board - a brown tern who has decided that one of our winches is a nice resting place. It has not moved the last few hours and is completely unfazed as we move within a foot of it to perform boat handling tasks, turn on lights, and start the generator. We have a bad feeling that it is not well and put out an egg for it to eat (we once saved an exhausted storm petrel this way) but it has not shown any interest. 488 miles to go to Majuro.
[speed] 6.2
[heading] 312T
[weather] Wind 17-20k, 080T. Seas 2m - W, S, and E. 100% cloud cover. Bar 1011, rising.
12/11/2018 8:11 AM UTC
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