29 October 2011 | Bundaberg Cruising Yacht Club
16 April 2011 | Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
14 April 2011 | Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Australia
08 December 2010 | Brisbane Airport
27 November 2010 | Eastern Creek Quarantine Facility, Sydney
19 November 2010 | Eastern Creek Quarantine Facility, Sydney
12 November 2010 | Mooloolaba River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast
08 November 2010 | Back in Bundy
07 November 2010 | Eastern Creek Quarantine Facility, Sydney
02 November 2010 | Bundaberg Yacht Club
01 November 2010 | Bald Knob
29 October 2010 | kennelled in Vanuatu
24 October 2010 | Bundaberg, Australia
23 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg - 125 nm
22 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg - 240 nm
21 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg - 370 nm
20 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg 477 nm
19 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg - 600 nm
18 October 2010 | Distance to Bundaberg - 680 NM
DAY 14 TRANSATLANTIC CANARIES TO CARIBBEAN
17 December 2009
Yes another bulleting from Excitement Central. We've travelled 56 nautical miles in the last 24 hours and we woke this morning to a sea of rolling glass because there wasn't a breath of wind. There's some substantial swell coming from the north east around the Azores because of a big storm system that's active up that way. The swell is about 8 feet but fat and well spaced so we don't really notice the soft rising and falling. We've gone backwards since yesterday because the wind was westerly but also managed to come substantially south but haven't lucked in with any decent wind yet. By tomorrow morning everything indicates the return of the tradewinds so we're hanging out for that. We were on collision course with another sailing yacht this morning, Pegasus Blue, that was travelling under motor and has probably come from the Verdes. We could see their navigation lights coming toward us in the dark just before dawn. We were on the radio quick smart and had a brief chat and they soon passed us and disappeared. Simultaneously, as I was glancing around the cockpit I noticed our fishing line hanging at a strange angle...which means two things...the fishing line was not wound in last night and it's potentially wrapped around our prop, cutting through the seal on the saildrive and causing untold damage and expense notwithstanding that we would be down to one motor to enter the harbour on arrival in the Caribbean. Ray donned his mask and snorkel and had a dip in the Atlantic. To our relief it was around neither of the props but was generally wrapped around the keels because unbenownst to us we'd caught another Mahi Mahi! Poor thing had been swimming in circles under the boat and was missing an eye and it's stomach by the time we got it on board. Ray said the water was a beautiful temperature so he came out feeling pretty good. First day of breadmaking today since leaving Las Palmas...one white and one wholegrain loaf that the crew was happy with and I whipped up two lasagnas for the not-so-small-boy with the bottomless legs.