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Created: 11 April 2018

This is Alex's report on the events of the last two days:

How was it that we found ourselves in this storm?

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Created: 11 April 2018

It was quite a wild night. The severe weather was a series of events beginning on Monday afternoon and finishing early Tuesday. The effect of storm meant we could not go on our planned course to Eden due to wind and wave strength and direction that persisted afterwards.

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Created: 10 April 2018

It wasn’t a very nice 24hrs for the crew of Rusalka.  Yesterday afternoon they were punching into 2.5-3m seas, making slow progress SW into 20-25kt WNW winds.  About 6pm NZ time, while having mushroom barley soup for dinner, they crossed the magical “halfway” mark of 162.05E (halfway between Nelson and Eden).

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Created: 09 April 2018

Alex sent in the text for today's blog. They're nearing the halfway mark and getting ready for tonight's bad weather.

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Created: 09 April 2018

Storm Preparations: As Rusalka charges NW trying to get out of the way of the bad weather to come on Mon/Tues, Alex and crew are doing a few things to prepare for the wind and waves. 

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Created: 08 April 2018

The topic of the messages that went back and forth with Rusalka today was “Weather”! 

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Created: 06 April 2018

Last night was still, with glassy seas. This morning there was a very slight low swell and grey skies. 

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Created: 05 April 2018

Here’s today’s report from Alex, with a few pictures: