A sudden hush

'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Fri 5 Nov 2010 01:23
29:38.401S 177:19.984E
Position at 2300UTC 04/11 or 1200 local 05/11
After motoring for 48 solid hours, just after 1400 L (watch-change) the wind suddenly arrived,  Westerly at 12 kts. Main up, both motors off and in dignified silence and (at the monent) an almost flat sea we're sailing at 6kts + a bit over the ground. Last 24 hours we covered 132 nm so still on track for a Monday arrival. Things may, of course, change.