March 10 - day 10

position: S19deg20min;W102deg33min
day 9's run - 153 nm
average speed - 6.4 kn
dist to go - 602 nm
wx - squally in the early morning; highest wind in squalls 35 knots; S saw boat speed on the GPS surge to 13 knots as we surfed down the face of a wave! Ha! We were hoping the weather would moderate some, but it looks like another 24-36 hours of same before conditions ease a bit.
sails - 2 reefs in main; staysail; furled yankee jib completely during highest wind gusts; it's back out to about 50% at this time.
r/r (repair/replace) - 0
comments - 8' beam seas are rolling us as we make a gradual turn towards Hanga Roa.

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