[password] beeskiff
[position] 29 31.160s 153 42.130e
[status] A frustrating morning of motoring through rain, light headwinds and a confused lumpy sea gave way around midday to increasingly good weather and sailing conditions. We?ve been sailing really nicely all afternoon in a building ENE and as we?ve gotten further from the coast and into the favourable current we?ve been roaring along.
You?ve got to love the Australian east coast current, at least when heading south. Even this morning when we were motoring not very fast our SOG was close to 8 knots. Now with the good wind we are SOG between 10 and 12 knots, what a pleasure! The bom forecast images show up to 3 knots strength about 20 to 30 miles off, so that?s where we are at the moment.
Not sure on the stopping (or not) plan yet, will probably see where we get to by tomorrow morning and decide based on weather.
[speed] 11 knots
[heading] 190T
[weather] 20 knots NE, 20% cloud cover, 1.5m waves from the NE

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