present position: 15deg 45.2' N 173deg 8.7' W, COG 072 True, SOG 5.7kts

estimated 24hr position: 16deg 17.5' N 171deg 16.2'W

baro 29.86, 24hr 29.80-.90

wind ENE 15kts, 24hr 12-22

seas 3m chop & confused

cloud 20% cloud, mostly on the horizon

summary last 9 hrs wind dropped to low-mid teens, allowing seas to moderate, allowing increased SOG, without
increase in fuel usage. distance to Hawaii waypoint 916nm


Last night a gorgeous bright moon, tonight supposed to be the biggest/brightest; hopefully we'll have a clear view.
Tomorrow's estimated position should have us past another time zone boundary and into ZD +11. I believe we
have one more to go before Hawaii.

As noted in the last report, we're more or less halfway and the deity(deities) that control the elements have favored
us with some hours of lighter winds and calmer seas. It's not a calm sea by any means, but it is significantly calmer,
enough so that 5hrs ago we were running at 6 knots with hatches open (which have beeen dogged down due to the
regular drenchings from spray thrown up by the wind as the bow busted into oncoming seas. We're putting some
time and distance into the band at no greater cost in fuel than slogging at barely 4 knots (in worse conditions). We
will see though, whether these conditions last long enough to make a difference in the almost 1000nm we have left
to Hawaii, or that they were only a moment of respite from bashing our brains about the inside of our craniums going
to weather for nearly three weeks.