Xena heads South

Red Pin: Position at 09:30, 30 October.  15 22'N 109 31' E

After a bit of ducking and weaving around Typhoon Son-Tinh, and some contretemps with the Sanya Marina that would not let us back in -- for nothing other than bureaucratic reasons -- necessitating an overnight stay in the Sanya commercial port, fending off anchor-dragging coastal vessels, Xena and crew (Grant, Noel, Oscar) headed off yesterday morning and at this morning are at the red pin above as of 09:30. Grant reports "all well".  There's a bit more to this whole saga over the last few days, which I won't go into here, save to say that "safe haven provisions" don't mean the same in China as elsewhere....
They are travelling in fluky 5-10 knot breezes from all over the shop, circulating around a weak high after the passing through of the typhoon; from NW to SE mainly (but also sometimes from W...)
By comparison, the yellow pin just to the East of the red pin, is where Xena was last year on her way down to the King's Cup, so we're 10 days ahead of then...