Month: August 2016

The first 3 days of racing were gorgeous sunny days with good breeze allowing us to perform pretty well. Very long races of around 4 -5 hours, very long spinnaker legs and very long upwind legs to finish. The cats are still unimpressed with going upwind, though I have now found the perfect cat den […]

We are installed, Trent has arrived, he is popular as he is someone new for us to talk to and tell tall tales of the trip! All well, looking forward to tuna steak for dinner (Trent having steak!).

It took forever to do the last 40 miles of the leg, during which time it felt like Scawfell and St Bees did not move. We could see the miles decreasing on our course and distance to waypoint, but those two islands just did not seem to move! Of course, when you are tired and […]

It’s been a very hard passage so far, and not being wound down and relaxed to start with has taken quite a toll on me. Even though conditions were easy at the start, watch system by night means a lack of sleep, which always results in a cumulative tiredness you can’t get rid of. Our […]

We did 180 miles in 24 hours and made it around Fraser Island in the early hours of the morning, having seen 20 plus knots for most of the time, and doing some top speeds including 14.6 for both Pete and Snowy, but 15.2 for me. Go me! In total we have covered 240 nautical […]

0645 weather forecast SE 15-20 knots, we are preparing to leave Mooloolaba on our final leg north. Heading off before high tide at 10. Going to make most of shower facilities on land, have breakfast the we are off. More later….

Well, yes, it has been a while since I last posted, but plenty going on, though no time to pick up the iPad. Today is Thursday (I am pretty sure) and we are parked in a comfortable berth (D21) in Mooloolaba. We have had a clean-fest on board, showered all round, general dry out and […]

We have now been motoring for over 24 hours, catching the fleet, being overtaken, then catching them again. Winds generally pretty light, so no real sailing since the first night. That first night was tough, trying to get into a watch system, lots of shipping doing unexpected manoeuvres, cold, wind, no wind, cats having issues […]