The north westerlies kept it up all day and brought up lumpy seas. The day became quite demanding on the minds and bodies of Dignity’s crew. When we weren’t on shift we were each invariably asleep or lying down to minimise the effects of the constant motion. I did fish for all of about 20 minutes before deciding I really did not want to be handling stinky fish.<\/p>\n

In the late afternoon we threaded our way through the first of a number of bands of squalls. This signalled the start of the wind shift to the south west we’d been expecting. In the earlier north westerlies we’d been heading north east. Now we could head directly for a waypoint I’ve set due south of our destination.<\/p>\n

Can’t say a lot more as it was just one of those ‘eat, sleep & watch’ days.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead we have fairly decent winds for the next 2-3 days before we run into the edge of a convergence zone. Within this zone we can expect a lot of rain, wild winds and thunderstorms. If we slow the boat down we’ll hopefully catch only the southerly edge of this before the zone is replaced by south easterlies which should carry us all the way to Savusavu. So once the crew are up I intend to lower the main and sail on headsail only. With the winds coming around to the south today this will make life easier on us all. We can also run the generator to make hot water for some needed showers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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