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. $ky,0 . , y .q. ;, ,..Q; . ' .Anotherday ofsailing inbadWeather ..1-1ghttack.so eq.'el-lh'l' .lne Nvasready'to backtl1e1n 1zzen asaS.N1nd rtldderto gettheboatpo 1nting the right NN'a).'. U 1-1i-ortunately ,tlotlgl tlt anehor ealue up k2Iean , thetripping line 'w'as t2aughtround a 1tlnlp o fcoraI.-l-le 0!'11)'th1ng Ns'e cotlld do Nvascutthe1il'leand leaN'ethebtloybehind.'rhisI1tt1een'lergenel'hadsle'wred theboatabit and u e Ilad to get lel-rotlnd on thestarbklard tack so the sai1s u'ould starttodl-aNs'.q?1thtlesai1sl'leId aback to ttlrnhersl'1tl,attirst-'svas sai1il1g back 'ssvards.B tlṯjtlsti1-1tile-the l'lctl'nsai1started to drau'al'1d 'Antlta'ptlled a5.s';.ty'fronl the shore.-1-1-1atNNras on1)'abotlta boatIength beh indt1)e boat. 13l-e&NNs'!! '-A 1-1uta' sailed close-1:1tlIed allkl(.2Ieared the ree1-at the Southheadland o1'tle bal':she 1-1ad proN'en her5y1ndu'ard abi1it)'!Il3tlttltlre NNere l'nore tests 11store forthe'cle - Ṣ ..-.N.,'ï.ltera da) o lc1'1angeab1e N.Ni1'1d s(5ti1.1:11ultry')getting rtltlnd theSotlthofKerk arantl neiglbtltlring lgagabag island . b)' I()(.J't?1ock 1the tls'el'l1ng theN'$'1nd ald N'as'es1lcreased . -I-l)e Ns'1nd B'as no'k.s' Nortlsloss'I)'ttlrning l'nore N W , btlt l'ntlchstrtlllgel-tl'1:lI)l1e forecastN W-3-4-l'noreI1ktl4-5 u'1th (3i1)t1e sq tl:)lIs.'w'il1roughseas incl-eas1l'lg i1size.'-Antlta'Nsrassai1ingcllssrl u'itl) tle sl-lal1 I'nainsail on thetbrellastk'n1(y.StiIl15()N1'n to go,due Easṭt()tl1eplal1-1ednextstop at();artls'e1sla1di1-1. -t1C XV ltt,lgrOt.lP.(.Ial-ON'C l:tj;a lal-ge el-aterlak ethatss'otld gis'egoodshelter ,.z iZ ' . . 9*w . ; .yw.x-..k..;'à 4.-.*.r..-.L.z' z .'.'.... .w.,.,*.T**. .Q-.X .. -- y .ż . . . ) x..); . .'r -.'r- = ' ... . - r . '.'r . .x 'x z *- %. .ẓ. * ' ' * G X.-'i';i .i &, . . .. . ., . .e xkè.On the second day the bestmileage in 24hotlrso far was done, 12()Nm,as mostll''Anuta'smileage are60-70'Nm t7n thegooddaysand alotIessNvithchangeableorIightu'inds,n'hich isvery often., .The u orse w as to colne . o a).t'lr , j ee (7thJanuarl')started atl'nidnightwith achangeto the storlusail as the u'ind was nou'q/N W-arotlnd tbrce 6.TheseasB'ere verl'rotlgh with l'ntlch Nvater conling 01-1deckandthecabinsgettingq'etinside.Thelargedeckhatehesarenotcolmpletely watertighṭB/.'02.30 the wind goteven strongerandthe stonmsail Nvas taken down. Hanneketried outthe sea anchor (nlade from tn'onesling rattan tishing baskets and aweight).The sea anchorwasnotet-fectiq'eto keep the sterns into the wind.The boatdeternlinedlytunAedbeal'n014asshealwaysdoes when a1l sail is taken down.Thishowever svas lmore conlfortable thanexpected.Thebigwavesjtlstroledunderthe boat,the htllIs lifking c'yN.'er the crests -with only theodd awk'Nvard breakercolmingoverthe decks.The tiller was lashed and'Anuta' nAoved a gentlc l.l-l .2 knotssidewaysin thedirection I-lannek'e wantedto go tlntildawn.The crew'tried to sleepinto theirwetcabins.At6am theston-nsailwashoisted again,Therewasstil2-'RNnatogo to Garove waypoint and everybodywantedto thereassoonaspossible.Nvith the fbllowing wind fronl the W est'Anuta'wassailing at5-6 k'notswithrain aswell as waves naaking everything andeveryone n'et.By 10.30 the was'es u'erehtlge,the Nvind around force 7 gusting 8and the position Nvas near the way'pointwhich Hannekehad setabout2Nn-1SSSV ofthe island.Thick rainclouds were nnak ingvisibility terrible and itwasilupossible loseetheisland.As'Anuta'drew elosetothe 'waypointtherewas still no land in sight. So Hannekeasked Peterto getanew waypointrightinthe entrance to the crater lake off hiscolnputer chart as her paper chart wasrather a sm allscale.As Llanneke enteredthe waypointinto the GPS,to her hon-orshefound 'Anuta'was9N n4Sotlth ofwhereshe thoughtthey should be.She thoughtthatshelnusthavelnadeanlistakeu'ith herwaypointlatitude-whatnow? W'ottld theyThe seaPeople18 Issue74 * *