[Password] Toucan 123
[Position] 23 46.645s 163 58.049e
[Status] 650 miles down and 160 miles togi to Noume - still motor sailing and waiting for new wind
[Speed] 5.7
[Heading] 60M
[Weather] 3 knots ENEwinds
[Blog] Third blog- In praise of diesel
650 miles from Brisbane surrounded by a totally flat sea, which of course is much better than a stormy sea. Seems like we asked for a calm passage and certainly got one. Thankfully we carry 500 litres of diesel. As we are approaching Noumea and seas are calm we are feasting and trying to consume our food stocks so we dont hand too much to quarantine on arrival. Its tough but some one has to do it. We stopped briefly yesterday in a particularly flat sea and all got off (one at a time) and swam in the 1 mile deep sea. Amazing experience. Totally clear water, warm and eerily quiet.

Other than flying fish and the odd seabird we have not sighted a living thing in the last 3 days. Steve likened it to a watery desert. Weather is quite stable so we expect calm conditions again today with the prospect of a bit more breeze tomorrow.

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