Its been a mixed week, with 3 beautiful sunny days at the start of the week, and rainy since lay day. We had hoped to get the relaxation flotation station into action on the lay day, but it was not to be. Instead, full boat covers, and most of us tucked up below. I went […]

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….