Lost track of time out here, but I think tomorrow will be the 19th day since leaving Vava'U, Tonga, headed for Brisbane, Australia, where a shipyard to get Daybreak show ready and a broker to sell her await. It's been a long weekend, waiting the long hours until Customs officials are on duty. Last Thursday and Friday we had strong winds and big seas again - in fact, probably the biggest seas we have seen so far, but we knew they were coming and positioned ourselves and Daybreak well, so we were able to just run downwind at a slow pace and wait them out.

Today, Sunday local time, it is sunny and hot outside, hardly a breath of wind in the air, which is fine by us because it allows us to use up all the fuel we have in jerry cans before arrival. We're still 50 miles from the nearest point of land, an island inside of which we will turn and head for the Brisbane River, down which is the Customs dock. We'll try to get there as early as possible on Monday, local time, so we can complete the whole check in process, which is likely to be extensive, particularly because we are importing Daybreak for sale.

Our broker has a slip arranged for us at a nearby marina, where we'll probably dock and sleep for about 48 hours straight and get our legs under us, but hope to be hauled out before too long to start preparing Daybreak to show. Now starts the flurry of activity that we've been thinking about and prioritizing in our heads this whole journey, but the pistol marking "Go" doesn't go off until tomorrow. It's been an amazing trip and we're a little sad to be leaving the sea, but at the same time....I've probably seen enough of the sea for a while. Maybe a good long while.