PASSAGE TO PALAU DAY 4

1700 Hrs. Local- Palau
Position: 06° 30 N 130° 02 E
Course: 093° Mag
Speed: 4.9 Kts.
Wind : E @ 5 Kts.

The past 25 hours have been motoring with wind, though light, on the nose. We do have about 1 kt. of favorable current. Clear sunny sky's and a calm blue ocean.

Several ships last night on crossing patterns but the one instance that could have been a problem solved by the AIS and Open CPN charting software. We were warned of what could have been a crossing situation resulting in a [ closest point of approach ] or CPA of 200 yards with a 275 meter LPG Carrier when they were at a distance of 20 nautical miles from us. As we were the burdened vessel, we change course and ended up with a CPA of 4 nm's. Modern navigation aids are great. We have no radar and if we had it would not have given us as much advance warning as the AIS.

We have 270 nm to the east pass entrance to Palau. Hopefully arriving Friday morning.

All is well aboard

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