[p]wallace
[s]=20
pos: 24 16.8s 152 47.1e
sp: 7
h: 202m
w: 8-10 knots NE, 5% cloud cover, 0.5m swell, 1018mb
d: 17/10/16 05:31 GMT+1100
After the previous night's squalls, we had a very pleasant sail yesterday. The wind gradually backed to ENE and reduced to 15 knots so the Parasailor was hoisted at 17.00 and carried through the night - a real magic carpet ride at around 6.5 knots of boat speed. At 04.00 however the wind dropped to 8 knots from dead astern and there was a danger of the sail wrapping itself on the rigging so we dropped it and are now motoring the final 30 miles to Bundaberg.
All well aboard and we are looking forward to dawn revealing the imposing foothills of Bundaberg. Oh, apparently there aren't any, it's flat sugar cane growing land so the first mate tells me. Whatever, we should be blowing the froth off the top of a few cold ones by the barbie this arvo.[END]