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pos: 08 55.0619s 140 06.0890w
sp: 0.0
h: 0m
w: 2kn 079T
d: 14/07/20 12.03 GMT-0930
Well, we made it!!!...Thankful to have finally dropped the hook in the spectacular anchorage of Taiohae, Nuku Hiva and very grateful to Thomas on Moira for his water, food and beer welcome!!. Bliss!
OK, so we haven't actually set foot on land yet as we are still awaiting clearance but a decent sleep is higher on the agenda anyway. We're not sure how long we'll stay here yet either, as cruising between islands in the archipelago has been banned during Covid - but some restrictions are due to be lift tomorrow,so we are hopeful. We may have to seek somewhere even more remote anyway to satisfy Mili as it seems dogs aren't nearly as welcome (officially) in FP as we have found everywhere else!

We'll try and get a SIM card tomorrow to catch up with people, although apparently internet access isn't too good, so please bare with us. While on passage, we've been very lucky to have had satellite communication with a mini-fleet of 7 yachts also making the trip - even though we may be hundreds (or thousands!) of miles apart due to different departure times and routes, it does considerably reduce the feelings of isolation that can creep in out there!

Stats for the whole passage:
(only one of which may not be wholly truthful)

Total Distance: 4,253.5nm (vs. shortest Great Circle dist avoiding hitting things = 3,848nm)
Total Time: 31 days, 4.5hrs (746.5hrs)
Av Speed: 5.70kn (136.8nm/day)
Total engine hrs: 99 (62 motor-sailing, rest battery recharge & water-making)
Fuel used: 143 litres
Max windspeed: 27kn (AWS)
No of squalls encountered: 0
No of tacks: 20
No of gybes: 8
Movies watched: Sue=0, Paul=14, Mili=0
Books read: Sue=19, Paul=11, Mili=0
Sudoku games played: Sue=88, Paul=0, Mili=0
Fish caught: Sue=1, Paul=0, Mili=0
Max No of Boobies accomodated: 10
Boobie shit deposited on deck: Too much to count
Dolphins seen: Too many to count
Whales seen: 0
Mermaids seen: 0
No of booms broken: 1
No of miles with botched boom & TRM: 1,930
No of T-shirts worn (out): Sue=1, Paul=3, Mili=0
No of days a dog took up at least 30-50% of bed: 32
No of dogs lost/tossed overboard: 0
No of cross words between crew: 0
Favorite quote of the passage: "In all likelihood the nearest human being to you is likely to be an astronaut aboard the International Space Station" (Thanks to Dave, SV Grace)

Week 5 stats:
Day Latitude Longitude DOGnm Last Cum Av
24 Hrs Spd
29 12/07/2020 07° 06.9S 135° 48.1W 3964.3 143.8 694 5.71
30 13/07/2020 08° 04.9S 137° 42.0W 4093.9 129.6 718 5.70
31 14/07/2020 08° 50.3S 139° 40.8W 4224.4 130.5 742 5.69
32 14/07/2020(4.5hrs) 08° 55.1S 140° 06.1W 4253.5 29.1 746.5 5.70

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