Motor sailed most of the last day, winds have now shifted to NNW 13 knots so again sailing...transferred 4 jerry jugs of diesel to Anthem using 300 feet of polypro line and each jug wrapped in a lifejacket...a very scary operation with the boats having to come close together, Irv sending off the jugs on the line, Jack having to haul them aboard while I helmed us back and forth trying to avoid a collision...at one point the line between the third and fourth jug was under Jack's keel, however with a lot of hollering, Irv managed to "advise" me on which way to turn, to power up, to throttle down,etc and we got it back out from under him, Jack successfully retrieved all jugs and we got our line back minus the lifejackets as it was just too nerve wracking to be so close...last night we had to slow down to aid another boat which lost their engine water pump...so we had a milage reduction day, however doing quite well and should reach the waypoint before the weather changes and will be in a good position to tack into the expected southerlies until the front passes (24 hours) and then back to a rhumb line to Opua...the life of a sailor, going one way one day and another way the next all to get to the same endpoint