Position: N09deg01min/W149deg33min
Day 7 run: 124 nm
avg speed: 5.2 kn
course: 130 T
wind: ENE 20
seas: ENE 8
sails: small jib, staysail, 2nd reef main
We're 901 nm out from Lahaina, and arbitrarily aiming at a waypoint of N00deg00min(the equator)/W140deg00min; we're 788 nm from that wpt. Once we get there, we head south towards either the western Tuamotus or Tahiti; we'll make up our minds by next week. We'll have a 90 day visa to visit French Polynesia this time around (we had a special six month visa last year we applied for and obtained), and since there's lots of beautiful places to visit it makes all this pounding to windward well worth it. You've got to have a strong ship and strong crew for this particular passage. Those sharp eyed followers of this blog will note a remarkable consistency in these last 4 days runs; a reflection of us close hauled in these sea and wind conditions in this patch of ocean.
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