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Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 23:51

After a perfect day of sailing in strong WNW wind and small following seas the wind dropped at 5:30 and we are now motoring. Bit frustrating as the weather models never showed this and not great to

Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 12:36

Just left Newcastle harbour. Perfect sailing at the moment as we reach along the Stockton coast in 20 knots NW, 3 reefs and half furled jib.

Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 09:46

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Posted: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 - 09:39

Testing from the marina in Newcastle. We are planning on leaving at 9am today.

Posted: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 - 10:38

Arriving Newcastle now! Joe has a working berth for us, excellent. Was a bit of a slow night of downwind sailing then nasty little SW came through and we've been motoring for the past 3

Posted: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 - 22:24

The forecast NE wind came but less than expected so far. This and a decrease in the favourable current is slowing our progress a bit. Dolphin show again this afternoon, very beautiful! Pleasant

Posted: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 - 14:02

Around 11 last night the good northeasterly began to fade and back to the N and W. We motor sailed for about 5 hours in quite sloppy conditions. The expected Westerly came through but only light and

Posted: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 - 22:09

A lot of motoring this morning as expected, not too unpleasant in sunny sky with quite big swell but motion not too bad. Around 2:30 the NE wind came up enough to start sailing and it's been a very

Posted: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 - 10:09

Just exited Gold Coast seaway enroute to Newcastle. Forecast is not wonderful but we need to get South before the southerlies come through on the weekend or we may not get back by the 15th, our

Posted: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 - 04:57

Safely at the clearance dock, Southport marina. Dolphin show at sunset capped off a fantastic passage, doing the bow riding thing, back jumps, spin jumps, synchronized jumps! Slowed a bit for bar

Posted: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 - 20:36

A beautiful day of sailing to complete probably our most pleasant passage ever. We have had about a 2 knot push of current all day and, just for a change we took the pole down and have used our

Posted: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 - 07:57

A slower night of lighter winds and contrary current which is not really a problem as we are resigned to Friday morning arrival anyway. This morning we are finally starting to find the favorable SW

Posted: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 - 22:48

Lighter wind today, varying between about 8 and 14 knots. This combined with unfavorable current is setting back our eta a bit. Also a bit grey with a little rain. Not the best weather for our 20th

Posted: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 - 08:24

Another mellow night with plenty of sleep. Full main and poled jib the whole night. The weather has been so consistent and settled that we broke our usual habit of reef at night. The wind has been a

Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 - 20:36

Repaired the mainsail. On closer inspection it wasn't bad at all, more of a stitch in time repair. Used some Kevlar sticky back patches and nice and strong now. Wind was a bit lighter today

Posted: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 - 10:33

Another glamour night of mellow sailing down wind, waves and current. At sunset yesterday we noticed what may be a small wear hole in the main at top spreaders so put in a reef to change the chafing

Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 - 21:12

Fantastic day of sailing. Poled out jib, full main, perfect angle straight towards Gold Coast with small swell and waves up the chuff. Also favorable current about 1.5 knots. Forecast is looking

Posted: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 - 08:18

Couple reefs in the main for the night and furled a little bit of jib later. Seas got a little rougher. Sailing nicely but a bit noisy down below so we're both struggling to get a good sleep. Lots of

Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 - 20:09

Had the motor on for longer than expected as it took a few hours before we cleared the effects of the island and started sailing in the ESE wind. Worth the wait tho as we have spent the afternoon

Posted: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 - 10:42

Just exited st Vincent's pass. Wind is surprising at the moment. Motor sailing in light Southerly. We expect to pick up good easterlies soon as we get away from the land.

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