Position: 16 degrees 20 minutes South, 157 degrees 46 minutes West
Wind: 15 East
Speed over the ground: 6.5 knots
Sea: 1.5 metres
Distance towards Fiji: 165.97 in 24 hours
The wind settled down in the afternoon yesterday to a mostly East South East direction around 20 knots and our speed was pretty steady around 7 knots, with a few squalls. Unfortunately the sea was still pretty yucky, so Askari was being buffeted around in the huge cross swell, so we both ended up sleeping in the saloon for our first off watch. I had a good night watch with no squalls, lots of stars so i spent the time watching Bridgerton in the cockpit. Andrew had a few squalls but by dawn the wind and sea were nicely in tune and the sun came up to a beautiful morning. It's Andrew's birthday - so that was nice. The wind has eased today and initially 15 was nice, but as the day has progressed its been more like 10 with a few squalls; not really enough to keep our sails full, which means a bit of flapping n flogging....
We are going okay though and i'm just cooking a chicken and leak pie for Andrew's birthday. This morning we had cheese cake from the wonderful French Patisserie in Bora - yummy! He really appreciated messages from family and friends - cheers from the ocean!
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