[password]minerva
[position]07°19.51'S 176°25.98'W
[status] Saturday and Sunday brought light and variable winds with some slow but pleasant sailing, some motoring, and a few hours under spinnaker late Sunday afternoon. The benign conditions even allowed us to do a bit of much needed stainless and fiberglass polishing. Had a lovely time both nights stretched out in the cockpit as we sailed along peacefully while staring at the starry skies under "cool" light breezes counting the plethora of shooting stars and busy orbiting satellites while listening to classic rock and vintage surf guitar music. After sunset Sunday the breeze filled in to 8-16k, mostly in the 12-14k range, through the night and much of today with many passing squalls. Wind has been trending lighter in the last few hours but we're sailing along nicely. We're well north of Funafuti, Tuvalu so a stop there is off the table.
[speed] 5.8
[heading] 314T
[weather] Wind 11k, 102T. Seas 1.7m SE. 80% cloud, showers. Bar 1009, falling.
12/4/2018 5:30 AM UTC
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