Bearing: 256 M
Boat Speed:4.5 Kn
Wind Direction: NE
Wind Strength:9.5
Sea state: slight swell
Crew health: great but looking forward to fresh fruit in Samoa
Fish caught: I consider this part of the Pacific has been fished out by the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese - there is not a fish to be found!
still steady but slow progress only enlivened by having to reef the mainsail at 3 am as a squall came through. During the evening yesterday large dark thunder heads of cloud gathered all around but most passed us by.
Denise has just been cooking pikelets which were very good.
We have the usual dilemma of whether to speed up or slow down to try and time our arrival during the day in Samoa - preferably during the morning . Studying the weather likely, it seems we may as well slow down a little if anything, but will wait until tomorrow morning before making a final decision - we do not want to be hove to off Apia amongst the fishing boats during the night before our arrival.
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Oh those elusive fish! Sounds like the journey through to Samoa is progressing as planned and weather been relatively kind! All well this end! Family fine and loving watching your travels!
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