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Position as of 11:00 UTC 07°03'S, 134°10'W
We have had a slow day or so with light winds and calm seas. We are currently deep reaching at 3.5 - 4 knots. The antenna tuner is more or less shot. If I get it to work again I will be surprised so this will not get posted likely until we are well and truly landed. We hope to get to Fatu Hiva on Tuesday but unless we get some wind it will be a close thing. We will likely only be able to stay until Thursday or Friday and then we will have to move on to Hiva Oa to formally check in. Our plan is to arrange to get a replacement tuner sent to Nuka Hiva, the administrative centre of the Marquesas. It will be a logistical challenge and I am not sure how it will work yet. Our existing unit is under warranty and I have asked ICOM to send a replacement but I suspect that they will want to get the old one back first. We will see how it all shakes out.
We are certainly not breaking any speed records on this passage. The winds have been unusually light, despite the doom and glom predictions of various weather gurus that we will experience "directionally enhanced" trade winds. Since we crossed the equator, the winds have been extraordinarily light and variable. We ran wing on wing for most of the day with winds from the ENE. Odd direction for the SE trades to blow!! Hopefully things will steady out in the next little while.
We have had a slow day or so with light winds and calm seas. We are currently deep reaching at 3.5 - 4 knots. The antenna tuner is more or less shot. If I get it to work again I will be surprised so this will not get posted likely until we are well and truly landed. We hope to get to Fatu Hiva on Tuesday but unless we get some wind it will be a close thing. We will likely only be able to stay until Thursday or Friday and then we will have to move on to Hiva Oa to formally check in. Our plan is to arrange to get a replacement tuner sent to Nuka Hiva, the administrative centre of the Marquesas. It will be a logistical challenge and I am not sure how it will work yet. Our existing unit is under warranty and I have asked ICOM to send a replacement but I suspect that they will want to get the old one back first. We will see how it all shakes out.
We are certainly not breaking any speed records on this passage. The winds have been unusually light, despite the doom and glom predictions of various weather gurus that we will experience "directionally enhanced" trade winds. Since we crossed the equator, the winds have been extraordinarily light and variable. We ran wing on wing for most of the day with winds from the ENE. Odd direction for the SE trades to blow!! Hopefully things will steady out in the next little while.
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