Passion for Cruising

So far, so good, fluky winds until 4.30 pm when a 13/15 kt North Easterly came in. We are now closing over 7 kts, but have had up to 2 kt current against us. Therefore we have already lost 15 miles to that. The sea now is empty, no more fishing boats, nothing. There have been some incredible areas of potentially nasty overfalls. One looks up to see just white water without warning. Amazing so far offshore. The line is out but not a fish to be seen. Yet! We had very little sleep; the first night is always hard.
Richard and Irene are looking a bit shell shocked this morning. I hope they survive the next 53 hrs!
2nd February 2010
Happy Birthday Anne (sister) - did not forget but on the Indian Ocean no communications. Another night gone, pretty rough with the boat pounding in very short steep seas. Two hours approx sleep for me. I am tired, only one more night. However, we are now sailing at 10 kts in 18 kts apparent wind. The sea is bearable this morning. Time here is GMT plus 51/2 hrs. Still no fish! But saw many, many pilot whales yesterday which was interesting as the last ones we saw were in the Gulf of Carpentaria 02.