Atoll Ho

Not much to say except that we are 45 miles away from Manihi and will make the entrance with plenty of time to spare so will have to wait for slack water before we enter. Better early than late! It has so far been a pretty uneventful passage. The jury rig that Cats Paw IV had on the their Monitor Wind steering system didn't last unfortunately so they have been hand steering the past day and a bit. Other than that we are side by side and we are trucking along under full canvas at 6 knots in 12-15 knots of wind on a broad reach. The seas are calm and we are well rested. I have spent most of the passage mucking about with rat lines to the first spreader. I have 5 steps done and other than a few adjustments, I'm pretty happy with them. I used some old rope and the only downside is that you have to wear shoes to climb them. I went up in bare feet and balancing on rope in bare feet is pretty painful. I went up a few times to make sure!!

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