Our position at noon was South 21 degrees 02 minutes, West 149 degrees 34 min. By this point we should be on a nice beam reach (ie. wind coming at a 90 degree angle to the boat) in the trade winds, but instead we are beating (headwinds) our way north due to a huge depression to the southwest. We are making slow progress, and expect to take a minimum of 3-4 days more.
I'm going to have a good two weeks worth of work in Tahiti before setting off on the next leg. There are some leaks in the overhead and along the rub rail that need sealing, and I need to make a new trim tab (auxiliary rudder) to get the self steering mechanism functional again. There are other minor jobs to do too, as well as laundry and lots of cleaning.
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