Bearing: 171M
Boat Speed: 6 but squalls so not full sail up
Wind Direction:E sometimes veers ENE
Wind Strength: 16
Sea state:Cross swells still
Crew health: Great - Ted cooked a fine hot Lunch
Yesterday was an interesting time and enabled us to experiment with the storm jib on different points of sail as the wind gusted to a maximum of 59 knots . We were so surprised by the wind increase that we photographed the maximum wind speed recorded on the screen of the wind meter just for the record, although that reading is stored in the memory until it is exceeded at some future time - hope not!
The seas were very high late yesterday so we decided to jog along overnight with the storm jib up until the seas settled and also when off watch catch up on some needed sleep.
Today only moderate wind and sailing nicely but everything is wet and salty - so much spray flying yesterday and we have not had any sun for 3 days .
Its amazing what tiny gaps water sneaks in through.
Ted and I discussed the broken port trim tab ( like a small rudder on the back edge of the main rudder) of the wind vane self steering system. This one is only about a year old while the other on the starboard rudder is 16 years old. We can only think it was knocked by a log or other floating debri just off the Fiji coast that night at the start of this leg of the voyage
Nearing NZ bit by bit - It will be very exciting to shout "Land Ahoy' at last
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