1200 position 31 32S 173 17E. Days run 133 miles.
We are smack dab in the middle of a huge high pressure area that is slowly moving to the east as we move south through it. We did get in 4 hours of sailing from 8PM to midnight when the wind filled in from the northeast but otherwise we've been powering. It is glassy out here now, and the forecast calls for at least another day of this before the high moves off and we get westerly winds. If we can keep the speed up we will make it into Opua just before the westerly winds increase and shift to the south.
It is really cold out here at night now. Last night I had on long underwear, 2 sweatshirts, sweat pants, wool socks, deck shoes, and a wool hat. John was using chemical hand warmer... and there's zero wind chill. It is great sleeping weather.
We are seeing more and more Portuguese man-o-war out here, but not much else. Occasionally a bird will stop by to inspect our lures before moving on. We haven't seen any other sea life since our dolphin encounter a day and half ago.
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