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pos: 0 0.0226s 104 49.962e
sp: 1.2
h: 310m
w: 6kn N, CC 8/8, SS nil
d: 24/11/18 11:28 GMT+0700
Just arrived at the Equator, after a long haul of 240nm. It completes the first 6,943nm of the trip from Nelson (4,445nm as the crow flys!). Conditions from Belitung have been mostly fairly benign, bar a lumpy sea and headwind for first 50nm and a few short-lived nighttime squalls to 30kn. A fair bit of rubbish in the water at times though, including logs swept out to sea. Something we didn't see accounted for the 2nd (speed) log paddle wheel mortally injured through Indonesia!
The crew were a little disappointed to find no line painted on the sea nor any signs here to mark this auspicious spot. We have just completed traditional offerings to King Neptune. I hope he's bloody grateful for the decent whisky...One for the boat and one for our absent crew Brett and Sam that set us on this voyage. ... Skipper's proposal to get Mili to become possibly the first dog to paddle board across the Equator has been vetoed by First Mate. Ah well, she's a 'special' dog anyway! We're going to anchor at one of the nearby islands and hang out for the rest of today, before heading up towards Singapore.

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