GHOST

Although the wind hasn't picked up again, the sea state unfortunately has and it was a very rolly night as we bobbed along at about 6knots in 15knots of true wind. This meant sleep was unfortunately a bit limited, however not much could dampen the spirits today as we should arrive into Coffs Harbour at around 9am tomorrow morning - which is good as that is when the marina opens. Plan is to do the formalities there, catch up with our mates on Sunboy (who live there) and then wait for the right weather for the final 200nm hop down the coast to Pittwater & then Sydney. Brad is hoisting the Australian courtesy flag and Q (mandatory quarantine) flag as I type!

Life on board is pretty usual for an ocean passage with shifts of between 3-4 hours, plenty of watching shows on ipods, reading books and for me, spending lots of time cooking. Australian quarantine will take away all fresh food, meat & milk products, honey, seeds and nuts so I am using up the last of our supplies.

So this could be our last ocean passage on GHOST which is somehow hard to comprehend, although I am getting excited about life on land again and am particularly looking forward to having a BATH!!!