25 February 2020 | Scarborough Marina, Brisbane
21 February 2020 | 59 Miles To Go
20 February 2020 | 114 Miles East Of Australia
19 February 2020 | 220 Miles East Of Gold Coast Seaway
19 February 2020 | 262 Miles To Gold Coast Seaway
18 February 2020 | 304 Miles East Of Gold Coast Seaway
18 February 2020 | 328 Miles To Go
17 February 2020 | 423 Miles To Go
17 February 2020 | 423 Miles To Go
16 February 2020 | 505 Miles East Of The Gold Coast
15 February 2020 | 617 Miles To Go
14 February 2020 | 755 Miles To Go
13 February 2020 | 888 Miles To The Gold Coast
12 February 2020 | 1032 Miles To The Gold Coast
11 February 2020 | 580 Miles North Of The Waikato
11 February 2020 | 1167 Miles To Home
10 February 2020 | 1300 Miles To Home
10 February 2020 | 1309 Miles To The Gold Coast
09 February 2020 | 1460 Miles To The Gold Coast Seaway
Downhill Sailing
30 January 2018 | 135 Miles South of Cape Horn
9:00pm Tuesday 30th January 2018 ( UTC-4 ) Andrew raised an interesting point about down wind sailing without a main. The picture above was taken 10 miles ENE of Cape Horn. ( That little island to the left of Cape Horn is the outlier of Islotes Deceit) .At the time I was briefly running directly downwind in 10 to 12 knots and I had the full jib loose sheeted to Port and the storm jib loose sheeted to Starboard. It was only for a short while but I was pleasantly surprised how directionally stable it was and how the sails so set seemed to dampen any tendency to an unstable quick roll, always the bane of direct down wind sailing. I'm sure it will be good in fresh following conditions. For lighter airs I may pole out the jib and set loose footed off the bowsprit a spare jib from Katherine Ann. The thought of using either of the two spinnakers aboard makes me shudder when consideration is taken into account of pulling them down in a squall without a main to shield them but who knows what I will do once I pass the Tropic of Capricorn and once again go Troppo. --------------070603060301060309040300--