Heading West

16deg 46.911S - 154deg 05.999W Course: 251 deg - Speed: 7knt

Greg worked hard yesterday to finish the repairs of the windlass and do 2-3 other little maintenance jobs. We said bye to our beloved mooring ball just before sunset. We are heading to Niue, one of the smallest country in the world with apparently more members at the Yacht Club than inhabitants on the island. The seas were crossed and lumpy. Not great to start. The wind was picking up to 25knt but with one reef Merlin was sailing nicely around 8knt. The waves are now much smaller and the spinnaker is out. So we are back to our easy sailing mood.

We just caught a huge mahi-mahi - and lost it! May be too big for us. We still have 900nm to catch another one. The kids are having a good session of game boys and movies.