Sunday, 4 October 2009

New Cal to Australia - Day 5

A day without motoring!! The wind filled in from the SSW so we were close hauled, and then backed to the S. Quite strong but nice to be doing good speeds. During the night we had some big squalls but still kept the speed up (with heavily reefed sails!). As it came light the wind was dropping off, but we were still sailing along. The seas have been quite big which has been a bit unpleasant - but we are excited as we should make landfall in about 24 hours!!! (Kate has made Strawberry Crumble in celebration to eat with our last carton of custard (which would get removed by quarantine in Oz anyway!)).
24 Hour Run: 152 n/m
Total Distance Run: 720 n/m
Distance to Run: 141 n/m

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