[password] beeskiff
[position] 26 48.150s 155 02.900e
[status] Yesterday afternoon the wind picked up at around 2pm and we started sailing slowly with gennaker and full main in about 10 knot northerly. Before sunset the wind had increased to about 14 knots and we furled the gennaker and went to the genoa. The wind has gradually increased all night and we?ve been making excellent speed with favorable current, tho in quite a northerly direction as we steered to be north of an anti cyclonic current eddy. We are now at our waypoint for the eddy and the current is excellent and should remain so as we close the coast further and hit the east coast current stream. The Southerly flow will help us turn our north into speed to destination.
It?s dismal news on the fishing front. Hooked something quite big yesterday morning on the purple rapala but it got off shortly after I began pulling it in. Then at sunset we got a hit on the pink squid lure, only to have a knot in the line undo itself, losing the tackle and lure!
The captain is changing his mind again and stopping at the Gold Coast is once again on the table. The weather is now looking quite favorable for getting to Pittwater mid next week and confusing could put us in some quite rough 30+ north easterlies and big seas further down the line. All considered it makes sense to clear at GC and have a couple days rest there before continuing. Final decision will be made this morning after checking the updated weather forecast gribs.
[speed] 8 knots
[heading] 250T
[weather] 20 knots NNE, 90% cloud cover, 1m waves from the NNE

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