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pos: 15 24.927s 149 46.186e
sp: 6.5
h: 255m
w: 15-18kn SSE, CC 8/8, 50%, SS 0.5-1m SSE
d: 18/08/18 12:00 GMT+1100
'Champagne' sailing, albeit sadly, w/o any champagne, :-(..... 15kn beam reaching in (relatively) flat seas and glorious sunshine. About to clear the outlying reefs and turn slightly south for the final run in towards the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and landfall at Cairns... Although this is still around 250nm away, it should be only around 44hrs or so, based on present forecasts.
(Noon run day 8 = 142.2nm, Total sailed so far 1,065nm, DTF now approx. 249nm.

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