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Nexus - Sailed out of the wind, but still making progress



We've had a great 24hr sail, after holding 3 reefs for the day to help Vivo catch up, we rolled out the sails and had a 10kt evening and night. Great sailing and of course we hooked two large Tuna but lost both of them due combined reeling and boat speed bouncing and flipping them across the top of the water. The larger one was almost half way back to the boat and we got a good look at it, then it did a triple flip and threw the lure....bummer. No fish lips on the hooks so they should be ok! We went to bed wondering if we will have to lap Ahe on arrival until our noon tide time, but mother nature solved that problem this morning by dropping the wind off to 8-10kts directly aft. So we're loping along at 4-5kts on the large gennaker hoping Vivo will be able to catch up motor sailing, then if the wind doesn't recover, we'll be motor sailing along with them! Can't wait to see Ahe, it sounds like a beautiful atoll! Several other ARC boats are already there, and we enjoyed hearing from them on the informal radio net this morning at 11...thanks to American Spirit hosting it!

Russ and Laurie on NEXUS at 11:30 12 58.0'S;144 38.6'W

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