Moonshine

Moonshine

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A Franchini 45 a 45 foot, coachouse built sloop. We are attempting a circumnavigation and left from Greece in June 2015.

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Moonshine - October 25, 2016
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Made it to Bundaberg Port Marina, despite broken autopilot and nasty weather. Waiting for the quarantine man to come and check the boat for termites...

Moonshine - October 23, 0016
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Labouring upwind under motor into Hervey Bay. Grey weather with rain. We thought Australia was supposed to be sunny!?! Not too far to go, we are looking forward to stopping. Autopilot still not ... Read More
Moonshine - October 21, 0016
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Autopilot not working all night, quite hard work. Has started working again now, fingers crossed it stays!

Moonshine - October 18, 0016
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Close reaching, 10kts of wind. Flat seas, nice sailing, making good progress.

Moonshine - October 18, 0016
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Light winds for a while, but we are in no hurry. Nice sailing.

Moonshine - October 18, 0016
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Left New Caledonia, heading towards Australia. Good to be at sea again. Breezy start, 35kts. Settled down now.

Moonshine - October 11, 2016
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Arrived to Noumea, excited to be here! Off to find cold beer.

Moonshine - October 10, 2016
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Waiting for daylight to approach the island, and the pass through the reef.

Moonshine - October 10, 2016
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Waiting for daylight to approach the island, and the pass through the reef.

Moonshine - October 9, 2016
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Wind decreasing, but still making progress. Need to time the approach to make the pass through the reef in daylight.

Moonshine - October 8, 2016
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Good 24 hour spell wind 20-25 kts on the beam. Flying along, seas a bit rough.

Moonshine - October 7, 2016
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Light winds so far, but picked up a bit recently.

Moonshine - October 5, 2016
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Automated update

Moonshine - October 5, 2016
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Winds 11kts, broad reaching. Good to be at sea again.

Moonshine - October 5, 2016
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Winds 11kts, broad reaching. Good to be at sea again.

Moonshine - September 29, 2016
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Made it to he lovely Vuda point marina. Tomorrow we pick up the new autopilot hopefully....

Moonshine - September 28, 2016
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Anchored outside the cool looking Octopus resort. In the bar for cold beer and snacks.

Moonshine - September 26, 2016
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Utterly beautiful anchorage near Sawa-i-iau Island Caves. Sweet little village, we gave our Kava to the head yesterday and today will do some exploring.

Moonshine - September 23, 2016
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Beautiful anchorage in the Yasawa islands, and we bumped into our friends Colin and Tansin on Burmese Breeze. They kindly invited us over for Spaghetti!

Moonshine - September 22, 2016
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Some beautiful sailing today, and another stunning anchorage.

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