Position 1800 UTC - 16th June 2020
- 08 degrees, 34 minutes South
- 134 degrees, 31 minutes West
Sailing wing on wing with wind at 155 degrees apparent
Sea State: 2m swell not sea on top slight
Wind: 13 knots from the East North East
Speed over the ground: 6.0 knots
Course over the ground: 235 degrees
Distance sailed towards north Marquesas in 24 hours 150
We may have only made 150 miles towards north Marquesas however its been a mostly calm night with gentle seas and enough wind to just about keep the sails full but most excitingly we have approval from the authorities in Tahiti to proceed to Nuku Hiva - wooohooo! We don't exactly know if this means we can stay a while or simply resupply but we will find all that out when we arrive - for now its just 331 miles away so it looks like we will be there Friday night or Saturday morning local time.
It's just as well as I think Andrew is going a little mad - I woke up this morning to find him with a pile of fishing lures in their boxes - like a small child with matchbox cars; admiring them gleefully. He's been studying all the attributes of each of them - I guess he is keen to catch another fish before we arrive. The thai red tuna curry last night was absolutely delicious - we still have fresh lemon grass and chillis and so many green peppers we will arrive with fresh goodies enough to see us through any quarantine period we may have to comply with.
We are expecting a bit of squally weather tomorrow so today I want to enjoy the sunshine, light fluffy clouds and gentle seas.
Its fair to say we are thrilled and cannot wait to get there now.
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