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Saturday, 7 September 2013, 0645 Hrs
CYCA Rushcutters Bay ! arrived and Euphoria almost home. Will be doing a clean up before the crew have to race off to commitments then expect to take the boat to its mooring around lunchtime. Plenty more motoring after forecast northerlies didn’t re-appear yesterday or overnight. Thank you and well done to the crew for the entire Nth and Sth legs of the journey.
Friday, 6 September 2013, 0930 Hrs
32 01 S, 152 48 E Just under 140 Nm to Sydney giving an ETA of around 24 Hrs time. Again its light and under engine however we did manage quite a few hours under sail yesterday afternoon and evening. All well on board.
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 1100 Hrs
29 28 S, 153 31 E, Currently approximately 10 Nm East of Yamba. Managed to finally get some sailing in yesterday afternoon until an early SW change this morning that put us in a bit of a spin. Under engine again in light winds but forecast is for a N-NE shift this afternoon.
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 1200 Hrs
Ready to leave for Sydney. The wind is predicted to drop off today and become calm as we progress down the coast. Sorry for the lack of updates recently.
Monday 2 September 2013 0330 Hrs
Southport Yacht Club. A slow and slightly bumpy trip to hear. Will be joined by a replacement crew member Julie for the final leg to Sydney. Currently the wind is expected to stay SE 20-25 Kts for a few days so will be waiting until it eases a little.
Sunday, 1st September 2013, 0730 Hrs
Leave Mooloolaba for Southport
Friday, 30 August 2013, 1300 Hrs
Mooloolaba Yacht Club (Sorry now called Sunshine Coast YC) have fuelled and hope to leave again tomorrow crew and weather permitting. Unsure of new crews arrival time at this stage. All well have motored basically all the way due to light headwind conditions.
Thursday, 29 August 2013 1900 Hrs
25 10 E, 153 25 S Off Fraser Island with an ETA in Mooloolaba for Friday Morning currently
A Pod of around six of these swum right under the boat!
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1900 Hrs
23 37 S, 151 35E, 20Nm NE of Gladstone around 250 Nm to Mooloolaba next planned stop. Around 2.5 days from now. Stopped briefly for fuel and a top up of provisions. Crew are well, had prawns for lunch from the fish Co-op was my days highlight
Sunset off Gladstone
Sunrise from Great Keppel Island
Tuesday, 27 August 2013 0300 Hrs
21 11 S, 149 31 E, Approx 20 Nm off Mackay under engine. Expecting to be out of regular reception for around 24 hrs as we make our way to Yepoon for a short fuel stop. All is well
Monday, 26 August 2013, 1100 Hrs
Provisioned and waiting on the gas bottle to be refilled before hoping to leave after lunch. Current plan is to motor south to probably Yepoon for the next 2 days as SE 15-20kts forecast before it lightens off and goes more to the East from Wednesday. That should then allow us to continue on to Mooloolaba with a bit of luck for next weekend.
Leaving Hamilton Island
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