Coordinates:22 30.2 174 51.0
Bearing: approx 7 T
Boat Speed: 4.8 kn
Wind Direction: from 110 T
Wind Strength: currently 36 knot squall , but today and yesterday as forecast 25 to 30 but up to 40 in squalls
Sea state: big steep seas some breaking
Crew health: excellent
Fish caught:
Other points of interest: we had hoped for less wind as we approach land , we have no intention of going in through the coral reefs into Nuku alofa in high winds especially as Katipo is not a motor cruising catamaran with a big engine.
what it means is that we are going fairly slowly under storm jib only until the winds moderate
yesterday we wanted to achieve some easting and northing which we did into the easterly winds
last night we hove to under triple reefed main and Katipo behaved beautifully , bow just off the wind and fore reaching slowly while bobbing like a duck with just a triple reefed main up . In fact we made 7 miles to the east and some north too to our surprise
we will be receiving the next weather forecast shortly
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