monday starting the seventh and last day
12 October 2014 | 26 33.0'S:154 11.2'E, 715 miles from Noumea; 98 miles to the Brisbane River
blue skies and moderate winds
We're still making good time motor sailing in moderate winds trying to keep our speed up so that we can arrive at the customs and quarantine dock around eight am tomorrow morning. The most recent GRIBs were encouraging. The sun has been out this morning with a few large clouds roaming about. We passed another sailboat early this morning and they're are hanging around about a mile back heading for Brisbane as well. There's been more ship traffic but nothing particularly close, yet. The highlight yesterday afternoon was the visit by a group of dolphins probably fifteen or twenty who came by played a bit in our bow wave and then kept on going. The seas are a bit lumpier today, so I'm glad I had my shower yesterday.
Almost finished with all of our fresh fruits and vegetables. We still have a few oranges and some eggs. Tom's busy trying to finish off his bacon before we check in. Salmon cakes with four cheese risotto and asparagus for dinner tonight.