We are at anchor in the middle of the ocean. After two days of motorsailing, the winds picked up just as we were advised by Commanders Weather to stay here to avoid a front coming up from the Tasman Sea early next week. We stared at the weatherfaxes hard and cannot really see the front, but Dave says all three models confirm it. So we decided to follow their guidance and will hang out here. Minerva is an atoll mostly underwater at high tide, with reef and breakers at low tide. It is rather surreal now, covered with grey clouds and sheltering a half dozen sailboats. If it is calm we will go off in search of lobsters on the reef. We won't check in to Pacific Seafarers' Net until we get going again; transmission by radio with them has been hard for various reasons, so don't worry if there are some of those dots marking our travel missing!