Brisbane to Sydney
Commenced Saturday April 11th, 2015
Royal QLD Yacht Squadron, Manly, Brisbane
Elliott 11 Sloop – Spirito
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Friday, 17 April 2015, 2300 Hrs
Arrived CYCA Sydney
1500 Hrs
33 18 S, 151 46 E, Just past Norah Head, making better progress now the wind has dropped off after very slow going this morning and last night after the southerly arrived. ETA after midnight will update in a few days now as will be busy cleaning up and transporting equipment etc. All is well
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 1300 Hrs
31 54 S, 152 51 E Currently 6 Nm South East of Crowdy Head. Finally the wind swung last night to a light Northerly which has slowly built to 15 Kts now. Great to finally have the engine off and speed has picked up to around 6 Kts. With only 150 Nm to go it should be an ETA of 24 Hrs however a brief southerly forecast will probably see a realistic ETA of early Saturday morning instead. Fuel, food and crew are holding out well.
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 1400 Hrs
29 43 S, 153 31 E. 14 Nm North of North Solitary Island. The headwinds dropped off this morning to variable and the seas have started to ease so we are finally making 6 Kts of boat speed (including current) after averaging around 3 Kts since leaving Southport Bar. Extremely hot on board with summer making maybe its last showing. Wind is looking variable for the next day or so making an ETA difficult as fuel usage may demand a stopover for a top up. All well apart from slowish progress.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 1300 Hrs
South of Crab Island and abeam of Runaway island, Left the anchorage at 0745 Hrs and topped up fuel and ice in Runaway bay. Hopefully the wind and seas have now abated enough for leaving Southport Bar. Will be crossing in around an hour and finally start to head South in open water. Next update probably in around 24 hrs time. Expecting a fair bit of motoring as the wind dies off to variable in the North here, further south we may get some northerlies from Wednesday if we make enough ground.
Monday, 13 April 2015, 1730 Hrs
27 48 S, 153 25 E, Anchored off Couran Island, Successfully made it through the shallows just before high tide. The wind stayed up over 25 Kts from the south all day keeping our speed lower than anticipated as we motored through. All is well expecting to top up fuel and water as the wind should ease off Monday afternoon to variable for Tuesday and Wednesday. Could be late in the week before actually sailing
0830 Hrs
Leaving Manly Harbour, planning to be through the shallows before high tide and depending on te updated forecast travel right through Southport bar and continue south or perhaps go to anchor for the night should the seas and wind not dropped off a little by tonight.
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