A comfortable day motor sailing today. The swell has dropped to about 1m with only a little bit of chop. The wind is dropping right out tomorrow and is forecast to stay light all the way to Minerva Reef. Looks like we will be motoring for the next 3.5 days. Just as well we took on maximum fuel in NZ. Some of the other yachts will be struggling to motor the rest of the way as they have limited fuel capacity. They'll have to make the most of the light winds when they can.
We can motor on one engine and still arrive at Minerva at a suitable time to enter through the reef entrence. Motoring in calm sees won't be unpleasant and maybe I can troll a fishing line out the back although the freezer is still fairly full so might leave that for closer to Minerva where we can share the catch.
Crew have got there sea legs today but may have also got my head cold. A stuffed up head isn't good for balance at sea so hopefully it will clear up quickly.
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