On route to Tonga
23h00 UTC 17 August
Course: 269°
Distance covered last 24hrs until 22h00 GMT: 140 nm
Distance to Tonga: 1038nm
Position 15°26' S 156°48' W
All's well on board.
The winds so far have been good. We have had some rain but so far all is going well. We are slowly getting back into passage mode. We hope to get to Tonga by next week Tuesday. We are keeping to a northerly course to stay in the wind and avoid some of the disturbed weather further south. Thursday we will head south as strong winds are due to come through from the SE over the weekend and we do not want to then be too far north.
We received some sad news on the radio schedule this morning. Our very good friends on the yacht Riri went onto the reef at Palmerston Island(Cook Islands) at 03h00 and the boat has been lost. Frank and Gail are fortunately okay. There are other yachts there at the moment and they are trying to salvage what they can from the yacht. At this stage we have no more info.
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