[password] Boatfloat66

[position] 19 57.435S 158 28.368E

[speed] 0knts

[heading] 0T

[status] Well here we are! parked in crystal clear turquoise waters inside a remote reef. If you ignore the enormous shark that just swam past, this perfectly fits the tropical paradise postcard picture. A fairly lumpy ride over the last 4 days with up to 4m waves on the beam but the winds were mostly, sometimes just right (except for the 25-30 knots all last night but we can overlook that after a drink). Trip highlights 1. "win a buck if you guess where Nate will chuck" competition 2. the depth alarm going off twice within an hour in what should have been 1km deep water - this is heart attack material in the middle of the night 3. the GPS system deciding it wasn't going to talk to those satellites anymore as we closed with Chesterfield reef at 4am in rough conditions (and wouldn't be convinced otherwise) 4. Kris nearly drowning as she woke up underwater with a cubic meter of wave in the cockpit (this is why the skipper naps on the seat) 5. Of course we broke the vang again too (and have fixed it up to Ver 3.5 - should last for at least some of the next leg) 6. trying to slow the boat down in order to arrive at Chesterfield during daylight only to have the wind increase each time we did (we ended up still doing 8 knots with just a double reefed main up). But now here we are with the prosect of chilling out in the remote Chesterfield Reef for a few days before the next leg to Bundaberg. We must be due for a "Champagne Sail" right?

[weather) 20kt SE, 2.5m swell SE, 40% cloud, 1015 baro
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