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Wednesday 24t June

On Tuesday morning, we awoke to 20 to 25knot winds and a choppy sea. We
intended to stay another day at Lady Musgrave, but with the high winds we
decided to go. By 10am we had set off back through the narrow channel and
off to Great Keppel Island. Just as we had cleared the atoll, we spied a set
of sails. We called on the radio and yes it was Black Diamond ( Eileen &
Mark's Cat). so we missed catching up with them there. We will try to meet
them at Great Keppel or some other point in their journey up north.

The day's sail started with nice high winds behind us but after lunch slowly
died to only 3 knots so we had to motor for a while. During the night the
wind came back and we were able to continue sailing. A first for Sue, she
got seasick so the evening shifts were divided between Andrew, Robyn and
Karl. During the night we had to cross a shipping channel and as luck would
have it we had to negotiate around three cargo boats, one of which passed
only 100 metres from us and we could easily see the windows on the bridge!

We arrived at Great Keppel at dawn and found an anchorage on the north side.
Whilst Sue was still recovering, Andrew, Robyn and Karl went ashore to do a
little exploring. The rest of the day we relaxed on board.

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