1200 position 18 31.4S 177 08E. It was still raining when departed Denarau yesterday morning, but it started clearing on the way to Vuda and has been beautiful ever since. We had a calm and peaceful evening anchored in Momi Bay, and were underway headed South at 0600 this morning.
We motor sailed until we were outside the barrier reef, unrolled the Genoa, and shut off the engine. We've been close reaching on port tack ever since in flat seas and winds between 5 and 12 knots. It's been full sail in the light stuff, and one reef in the main when it's heavier. We are just about able to sail the rhumb line course to New Zealand with sheets eased a bit for speed. We are hoping for a lift to allow us to get some easting as the southeast trades are forecast to increase this weekend and it would be nice to be able to crack off a bit when it does.
At 1PM we caught a beautiful 40 pound bull mahi. We may not be doing any more fishing this trip.
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