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
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08 September 2019 | 800 Miles SSE Ilha de Santiago, Cape Verde Islands
Day 93 7pm Sunday 8th September 2019 ( UTC-1 )
With the very slow speeds experienced yesterday LâEau Commotion was put on Windpilot hence the highly erratic course through last night. Get everything set up and moving smoothly in the right direction at one or two knots and it's time for a nap. A gentle nodding of the prow as she follows the wind around wakes me. Repeat. With the wind a little more on the quarter and with some tinkering we have been going well on course today and with the jib poled out to leeward the yacht is more directionally stable. I have found that using the autopilot and the desalinator concurrently the desalinator occasionally hangs up because of the fluctuating voltages so the opportunity was taken to run the desalinator for six hours and thus another thirty litres of sweet fresh water.Even with the hatches open and a flow through breeze the temperature in the cabin nudged thirty so a shade cloth was set up to shield the direct midday sun. I must add that with this sail combination and only a slight swell from the ten knot wind the going is extraordinarily comfortable whilst still making close to six knots, despite the contrary Equatorial Counter Current of around a half knot. And the outlook for a clear run through the doldrums remains.