S/V Bluebottle

It;s 5 am. Been sailng all day and most of the night on a SW wind of 12-18 knots. Course tending us toward Colombia, SSE, but a long way off the coast. Daylight will put on more sail and tack heading west. SW winds do not allow direct approach to Bahia de Caraquez. Motor sailing now, because batteries are down, with instruments going all day as well as running lights at night.

Someone please email me via Winlink so I know these messages are reaching Sailblogs, I cannot access internet.

Love to all our friends and family,

Joe and Adrienne

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Vessel Name:	BLUEBOTTLE (ex-Aura)
Vessel Make/Model:	Lidgard 49' steel ketch
Hailing Port:	Hobart
Crew:	Adrienne Godsmark and Joe Blake
About:	We have completed our trans-Pacific voyage - from Panama to Hobart via Ecuador, Mexico, French Polynesia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and Bundaberg, and are now pausing before resuming land life. [...] More
Extra:	When the port authorities here were approached to renew our Panamanian boat registration, they said "You can't call your boat Aura - that's taken" so we decided to call her Bluebottle! If you know the Goons, you know of Bluebottle, that little twit! He was always getting into trouble with his thin [...] legs and his friend Eccles and always coming out of it alive and ready for a new adventure. More