{"id":3394,"date":"2023-05-29T07:36:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T07:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2023-06-28T19:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:44:20","slug":"long-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trypod.co.nz\/imagine\/2023\/05\/29\/long-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Long day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We set off at dawn and had breakfast on the way. 1.5kts of wind and again the sea like glass. We motored till 10am when the wind got up to 9kts including boat speed. So up went the sails, main, Mizzen, headsail and Staysail. We can only run all the sails at a certain wind angle. This increased or boat speed from 4.8 to 6kts. It was only an hour before the wind angle changed and we had to take down the Staysail. By lunch time we had to pull in the headsail and by 1pm the 4kts of wind was directly on the nose.
\nBy 1.30 the sea had returned to glass. The deep blue ocean was changed to light blue with patches of white fluffy clouds as it reflected the sky.
\nIt looks like it’s pork for dinner tonight, as we have been towing a lure all day and no fish.
\nFour o’clock before the wind came back and then only 10kts (our minimum sailing wind). It’s dark by the time we have reached Port Vila and anchored
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