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Thursday, 13 December 2022, 0620 Hrs

32 42 S, 152 04 E, Soldiers Point Marina. We have arrived. Thank you so much all crew. Dinah, William and Peter. I will try and update this a little later as there are lots of stuff I need to get up to date now that the shore has caught up with me again.

Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 1200 Hrs

32 00 S, 153 11 E, 35 Nm ENE of Foster. We are a fair way offshore in 10-15 Kts of wind waiting on a Southerly change due around now. Fortunately the wind is currently lower than forecast so hopefully the southerly will also be lower than expected. Making reasonable speeds of up to 6 kts but it drops down to 4 Kts on the larger wave size every now and then. ETA is still late tonight but most likely early Thursday morning. All still well on board.

Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 1200 Hrs

29 48 S, 153 19 E, Currently off Wilson’s head which is 5 Nm North of Wooli Creek for those familiar with the weather reporting area. Our current ETA in Port Stephens is tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. There are almost 200 Nm to go so hopefully the predicted Southerly Wednesday night wont slow us up too much. Its been a very difficult year in forecasts as the weather has been very unpredictable changing frequently. All well on board

Monday, 12 December 2022, 1530 Hrs

28 06 S 153 35 E, approximately off Southport with 25+ Knots of wind expected for the next 12 hours or so. A busy day after leaving Wide Bay Bar and we are all exhausted but happy to be in deeper waters.

Sunday, 11 December 2022, 1200 Hrs

25 47 S, 153 09 E, Just crossed the Wide Bay Bar, Phew All is well. A quick stop off tonight to pick up crew, another Peter and hopefully we will have good winds for the second half of our journey.

Saturday, 10 December 2022, 1000 Hrs

Leaving the anchorage and moving closer to Tin Can Bay. The wind is forecast to go more to the east tomorrow making a safer Bar Crossing as its currently forecast to be up to 20 Kts SE this afternoon, which it feels like its already reached. Anyway its a good chance to do our engine checks and install a third reef in the main for part 2 of the trip South. All is well after a huge sleep.

Friday, 9 December 2022, 1330 Hrs

25 44 S, 152 59 E, Anchored near Elbow Pt in the Sandy Straits. Phew what a long 18 Hrs or so. There were thunderstorms, rain and squalls last night as we travelled down Hervey Bay. The timing was perfect to keep traveling through to the shallows for high tide and following current. Anyway time to rest up because neither of us managed to get more than an hours sleep since midnight.

Thursday, 8 December 2022, 1100 Hrs

23 57 S, 151 49 E, 7 Nm East of Bustard Head. On track to make it into Hervey Bay and then through the shallow for High tide tomorrow morning. Managed a bit of non engine assisted sailing overnight but a forecast short southerly blowing through Friday / Saturday should see us popping out wide bay bar either Saturday or Sunday conditions dependant. All is well.

Wednesday December 7, 2022, 1000 Hrs

21 50 S, 150 14 E, 7 Nm SW of South Percy island. Under engine since leaving with slightly more wind predicted this evening and tomorrow. On track to be inside Fraser island before the wind turns south for Friday and Saturday. All is well.

Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 1245 Hrs

Leaving Airlie Beach

Emergency Contact for this delivery

Dinah Eagle, +61 (0) 475 306 555, dinah_eagle@hotmail.com

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“Aleka”

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Friday, 4 November 2022, 1830 hrs

Sojourn III is now in her New berth! Will update soon but a very big Thank you to the Crew, Nelson, David an JP (John). Not forgetting our shore crew Dinah. Thank you all for making it a safe and pleasant trip despite the weather delays. Hope you can join me again in the future.

Beer o’clock!

1100 Hrs

38 22 S, 144 43 E, A bit frustrating as the wind angle made us have to tack a few too many times yesterday slowing our progress. We are drifting around just 7 Nm from Port Phillip Heads as we need to wait until close to the next slack water at the heads. Anyway we now expect to enter the bay around 1430 Hrs so arrive at our destination around 6pm this evening. Oh well its Friday so hopefully a good pub nearby.

Thursday, 3 November 2022, 1100 Hrs

39 08 S, 146 20 E, We are now off SW Point of Wilsons Promontory, yeah Ha. Heading North and fortunately the wind had dropped by the time we rounded so still on schedule for a Friday afternoon arrival at Martha Cove. Update again tomorrow.

0730 Hrs

Leave Refuge Cove, The weather is expected to improve in the early afternoon. Wilson’s Promontory is still blowing at 35-40 Kts so expecting a very slow rounding before the wind angle improves and starts to drop down. Anyway we are well rested and enjoyed the heater installed on board for a few hours overnight. Damn cold down here.

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

We have moved to Refuge cove now for the night. (3 Nm) Unfortunately we will not have full internet or phone until we are underway in the morning. We are still hoping to be underway on Thursday morning with an ETA for Friday afternoon. Will update again once we are underway.

Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 1300 Hrs

Anchored in Sealers Cove. Based on the current forecasts we intend to leave early Thursday morning for Port Phillip. All going well we hope to make slack water at the Heads around 10 am Friday and then at Martha Cove around 1400 Hrs Friday.

1000 Hrs

38 56 S 146 39 E, Seal Island is 500M to our North and we are heading for Sealers Cove to anchor (12 Nm East) The SW came in right on schedule which sent us a bit North of west overnight. Its been a very slow morning motoring down the coast. As much as I would like to keep moving and there is a chance to make it to Port Phillip heads by Wednesday morning there is a Gale warning for the area for Wednesday making it a bit too risky to attempt outrunning it. Depending on reception will update again later

Seal Island, “Lets go Clubbing Tonight !”

Monday, 31 October 2022, 1200 Hrs

38 26 S, 1489 14 E, Just passing “Kingfisher B” Production Oil well in the Bass Strait oil fields. That puts us pretty much half way through the first leg of the Strait. Currently nice and sunny with a light Northerly breese however that is forecast to change within an hour or so as a SW change moves through. The barometer has dropped significantly so am expecting it will slow our progress significantly. We should have phone reception again in say 24 hrs to get the forecast and decide if we need to anchor again to let this system blow through. All well on board.

Kingfisher B Oil Rig, Bass Strait

Sunday, 30 October 2022, 1200 Hrs

37 33 S, 149 59 E, 2Nm East of Gabo Island. Currently 20Kts blowing from the South slowing our progress however the wind is forecast to drop off soon then start to blow from the NE during the afternoon. The next front coming through on Monday may see us at anchor again at Wilson’s Promontory but hopefully it wont be too strong otherwise it may be Thursday before we can continue on. Regular reception will be sketchy until Wilson’s so will try to update around lunchtime tomorrow via the Satellite phone.

0445 Hrs

Leaving Eden. Underway expecting to motor through the morning before the wind changes to the east in the afternoon. Hoping to get most of the way through the strait before Monday night when a westerly is predicted again. Will update in several hours near Gabo island before reception will start to get intermittent until Wilson’s Promontory.

Friday, 28 October 2022, 2200 Hrs

Anchored in Eden

1100 Hrs

36 17 S, 150 12 E, 2 Nm South of Montague Island making our way to Eden to anchor for Saturday with the view to be leaving early Sunday morning to get through the Strait before the next of the westerly gales blow through. All is well should be anchored around sunset with the current conditions.

Thursday, 27 October 2022, 1430 Hrs

Underway from Shell Cove Marina. Heading next to Eden to Anchor for Friday night / Saturday. Hopefully we will have a small window from Saturday night through to Monday night to get through the Strait. Weather patterns are quite hard to predict at the moment so will be keeping a close eye on it as its looking unstable for the next week but hopefully we can inch our way closer to Melbourne.

Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 1230 Hrs

Arrived Shell Harbour Marina.

1030 Hrs

Leaving Kiama for Shell Harbour. Yesterday with the continual rain and swell and tides made preparations and provisioning quite difficult, with the forecast for Bass Strait from Thursday night on looking a bit dubious we will finish preparations here before moving south with a view to leaving NSW in the best weather window after the westerlies abate on the weekend

Monday, 24 October 2022

In Kiama preparing to depart for Martha Cove tomorrow. Welcome aboard John, David and Nelson

Emergency Contact for this delivery

Dinah Eagle, +61 (0) 475 306 555, dinah_eagle@hotmail.com

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MMSI No.  503598900

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Monday, 19 September 2022, 0415 Hrs

Arrived RSYS, Thank you very much to the team, Dinah, Jan and Gillian. At total of 1022 Nm

Sunday, 18 September 2022, 1300 Hrs

32 58 S, 151 54 E, 7 NM SE of Newcastle. Successfully closed the coast a little bit however there seems to be a fuel problem with the engine. Calculations say there should be at least a third of a tank but the gauge is unreliable (Gauge reads ¾ full). Will top up the tank when the wind finally eases. Currently we are seeing 22-35 Kts from the west. All wind warnings were cancelled for the 4 am forecast so who knows where this stuff is is coming from? Anyway looking like a very late arrival, probably still going to be early morning however.

1000 Hrs

32 50 S, 152 03 E, Just entered Stockton Bight near Stockton Beach. Under engine trying to stay close to the Coast for less wind and waves predicted for offshore.

Saturday, 17 September 2022, 1000 Hrs

31 19 S, 155 02 E. NE of Port Macquarie (8 Nm). Currently motor-sailing again as the wind dropped out yesterday afternoon despite strong wind warnings all around. There are still warnings of strong wind (15-25 Kts) all the way to Sydney but will see as time progresses. Exact ETA is still too hard to predict given the accuracy of the current forecasts but most likely Monday Morning. All is fine.

Friday, 16 September 2022, 1000 Hrs

29 17 S153 32 E, Around 10 Nm NE of Yamba. Have had a fast 24 hour run to here with an average of over 7 Kts boat speed. The wind gusted up over 30 Kts at times from the North giving a few exhilarating downwind wave rides but Euphoria handled it very well. The crew was very excited with the display the Whales put on for us yesterday off Cape Morton. ETA could be Sunday now depending on the next few days of weather conditions. All is going well.

Thursday, 15 September 2022, 1015 Hrs

Leaving Mooloolaba, weather looks great (Northerlies going West) over the next few days so we are expecting a Monday morning ETA at this stage. Sydney here we come.

Monday, 12 September 2022, 0500 Hrs

Mooloolaba Marina, Time for some sleep after a celebratory drink! Will be topping up supplies and fuel whilst a southerly blows through. Weather is looking good for a Thursday morning start for the second half of the trip. Will update before leaving.

Sunday, 11 September 2022, 1200 Hrs

25 46 S, 153 17 E, Currently off Double Island Point with only 50 Nm to Mooloolaba. The wind is variable however so its slow going with us now on our fuel reserves. So its sailing as much as possible and hoping to be arriving with a good tide otherwise we will be waiting until its on the rise again in the early morning. Back again in phone reception and doing fine.

Saturday, 10 September 2022, 1200 Hrs

25 06 S, 153 05 E, Just 15 Nm from the “Breaksea Spit”, which is 20 Nm from the Northern most tip of Fraser Island. From there we will start getting intermittent internet and phone coverage and the AIS should start updating more regularly. A nice hot sunny day with light NW to W winds. Currently motor-sailing with the headsail up but expecting variable winds all the way to Mooloolaba.

Friday, 9 September 2022, 1200 Hrs

22 33 S, 151 30 E, It feels like the middle of nowhere but we are around 40 Nm due east of Port Clinton. Currently in variable winds so at least not being slowed by any headwinds. Still at least 36 hrs until everyone’s phones start to “ping” with any incoming messages. The only thing to worry about is who is cooking tonight and what will we be eating. Last night was Pork Casserole al la Newland.

Thursday, 8 September 2022, 1100 Hrs

21 05 S, 150 00 E, Slow going at the moment as currently motoring SE into a light SE wind. Around 45 Nm due East of Mackay but lovely weather. It will probably be 2-3 days before we have phone reception again which should be part way down the outside of Fraser Island. All going fine.

Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 1500 Hrs

20 24 S, 148 56 E Just South of Dent and Hamilton Island. We are expecting to be out of internet and AIS range in a few hours for perhaps several days. Updates will be posted daily on this site via the Sat elite phone in the meantime. All is well

1045 Hrs, Leaving Coral Sea Marina, Airlie Beach

Emergency Contact for this delivery

Tony Coleman, +61 (0) 400 540 010, tony.m.coleman@gmail.com

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Friday, 12 August 2022, 2200 Hrs

20 21 S, 148 57 E, Hamilton Island Marina, Berth G North 4 until race week berth are allocated. Thank you Andrew, Ted and Jon for making it a smooth and fast delivery very much appreciated. Good luck to the race crew I’m sure you will have a fantastic week.

1200 Hrs

20 51 S, 149 48 E, Just under 60 Nm to Hamilton Island which still puts us in at 10 pm ish tonight.

Under engine in light following winds with some of us enjoying the sunshine and others the shade. At least the thermals are packed away in airtight bags. Looking forward to some unbroken sleep.

Thursday, 11 August 2022, 1100 Hrs

22 19 S, 151 23 E, 50 Nm Offshore from Cape Townsend which is just another180 Nm to Hamilton Island giving an ETA of around 10 pm Friday evening. Hope the pub is still open. Being in the “Capricorn Channell” I am not expecting any phone reception until tomorrow afternoon so we are enjoying the peace at the moment before the phones start beeping again.

Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 1200 Hrs

23 45 S, 153 14 E, Around 45 Nm East of Lady Musgrave island. SE winds at 20 Kts is sending us straight to Hammo. Looking like a Friday evening arrival on current forecast and speeds. All is well.

Tuesday, 9 August 2022 1800 Hrs

25 19 S, 152 17 E, Half way up the Fraser Island coast. Will probably be out of reception in a few hours so the only updates will be via Sat phn until almost at Hamilton Island. We will be much earlier than planned due to the good following winds so hopefully there will be room for berthing at the other end. All is well on board

0930 Hrs

26 07 S, 153 28 E, SE of Double Island Point by 20 Nm. We had an interesting night last night dodging fishing vessels at the top of Morton Island but managed to Gybe our way through a fleet of rapidly changing course vessels. We may have some intermittent telephone reception for the next 12 hours or so (Telstra only) however after that time updates will be via the Sat phone once a day on this site and occasionally the AIS may pick us up. At current averages we should arrive at Hamilton Island in around 4 days provided the engine doesn’t eat all the fuel or the crew all the food.

Monday, 8 August 2022, 1300 Hrs

28 15 S, 153 38 E, Approaching Danger reefs which means the QLD border! Making good progress and enjoying the whale displays. After tonight the regular phone reception will be intermittent so will be turning the Satellite phone on after that.

Sunday, 7 August 2022, 1100 Hrs

30 41 S, 153 05 E, Around 22 Nm South of Coffs Harbour. Finally AIS is up and running. Marine Traffic seems a little slow to propagate but you can try “VesselFinder” app but initially type in the mmsi No. below before the name will show up.

Saturday, 6 August 2022, 1045 Hrs

Leaving Nelson Bay. The noisy clunking sounds have been sorted with a few extra washers and tightening some loose-ish bolts. A forecast of beam to running winds should get us a good way up the coast in the next few days.

0330 Hrs

Moored in Shoal bay, Port Stephens. We have stopped to  check out some clunking / Groaning sounds coming from the helm. A couple of hours sleep and will check it out in the daylight

Friday, 5 August 2022

Leaving CYCA for the fuel dock before the Northern Journey begins

Emergency Contact for this delivery

Dinah Eagle, +61 (0) 475 306 555, dinah_eagle@hotmail.com

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Sydney to Phucket  from December 13th 2021

“Huna” Fountaine Pajot 44ftCatamaran

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Friday 15 April 2022, 1500 hrs.

Tied up. Plugged in to shore power, aircon running, Sarla trying to exhaust water supply in the shower block. Last job is beer followed by “I don’t remember’ then falling into a coma! Thank you to Sarla and all five, sorry 8 plus crew for helping in finally getting Huna here!

Update one day

Cheers, Peter

Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 1200 Hrs

07 34 N, 97 41 E, Just on 70 Nm to quarantine Anchorage off Phuket! Yee Haa. We have around 10 kts of breese from the NW and are making great progress under sail for a very rare period on this leg from the Cocos. Its was quite stressfull 24 hrs ago when the wind totally died out with still 180 Nm to go. Fuel wise I have calculated that we can start the engine again in another 35 Nm with confidence to at least make the Quarantine anchorage! Hopefully the next update is via the telephone networks when safely sitting out our isolation at anchor tomorrow.

Monday, 11 April 2022, 1100 Hrs

06 00 N, 95 13 E, North of Pulau We, Indonesia. Onto the final straight with not much wind as usual. Probably around 240 Nm to Phuket now. No hurry to arrive in detention as with public hollidays and the difficulty in getting a PCR test its looking like days before showers, airconditioning, clean cloths, Fruit, vegtables should I go on? Update from anchor on Wednesday I expect

Tuesday, 10 April 2022, 1100 hrs, 3 mins, 20 Secs

04 50 N, 95 46 E, Nothing Happened

(to be fair, we did sail most of the day in very variable winds, had a pirate party to celebrate arriving at the North end of Indo and no thats it really)

Saturday, 9 April 2022, 1100 Hrs

03 24 N, 94 39 E, Drifting along towards the top of Banda Aceh around 150 Nm away. I hear they hold great Pirate Parties there, cant wait to join another Party. After that its a right hand corner then civilisation sorry isolation ??? in a further 300 Nm. Its all too exciting

Friday, 8 April 2022, 1100 Hrs

01 53 N, 94 45 E

WEB PAGE HACKED

Warning! This website was hacked on Thursday. Someone (obviously quite insane) posted the outrageous suggestion that weather forecasts can be relied upon. Even went so far as giving an ETA more than 24 hrs in advance. The Cyber Crimes Authority is looking into this.

Thursday, 7 April 2022, 1300 Hrs

00 38 N, 95 08 E. Yep in the northern hemisphere ! Neptune must have enjoyed the party early this morning. After posting yesterday whilst adrift I downloaded an updated forecast for the next few days. The great news is that the update now shows wind today and then after further motoring Friday favourable winds following. This means we are back on track to arrive Tuesday morning prior to a three day holliday in Thailand. Fingers crossed the clearance agents can get the formal testing and paperwork through before Phuket shuts down before the weekend. Next update Saturday at this stage.

Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 1130 Hrs

01 19 S, 95 08 E, Well thats it, have kept up a reasonable average under engine for the last 5 days. Currently we are under sail off course in 5-8 Kts of breese. Since there will probably be no wind tomorrow and a maximum of 3 days left motoring I expect we will only be able to drift along from now on. ETA April this year I hope.

Oh yes, happy “Self Determination Day” to the Coco’s Keeling Islands ! Does this mean the “Territory Controller” and all the other IOTS will let the islanders make there own decisions? Naaah the Ego’s are too big to share power.

(IOT’s – Indian Ocean Territory SERVANTS) I think theres a D and I missing in their titles

Monday, 4 April 2022, 1100 Hrs

06 15 S, 96 29 E, Very glassy out there today. Still on engine as expected but frustrating just watching the fuel guage slowly fall. Still looking forward to Neptunes party in around 2.5 Days. Not much else to report on apart from more dolphins (baby included). Hopefully can report some wind next time. Thank you for the messages received, much appreciated.

Sunday, 3 April 2022, 1300 Hrs

A little bit of excitement, saw some fishing boats out here one through the day and then several more over night. A group of five coming within a few miles motoring along in a wedge like formation made us nervous for a quite a while.

Saturday, 2 April 2022, 1130 Hrs

8 23 S, 96 31 E Still in the middle of nowhere. The equator and hence Neptunes Party is 510 Nm away so something to look forward to apart from motoring along in the heat. Pretty much expecting no wind for the next week but hoping for something to assist in the last four days nearing Thailand as fuel will be in short supply next week.

Friday, 1 April 2022, 1100 Hrs

10 31 S, 96 42 E, Only 1290 Nm to go! Calm, Variable so under engine and very hot. A few dolphins around at times but there aint no-one else to be seen.

Thursday, 31 March 2022, 1500 Hrs

Underway, a few last minute supplies and paperwork just completed. Thailand here we come.

1200 Hrs

About to leave Cocos Keeling for Phuket. Finally underway again. Updates every secound day planned at the moment. Welcome aboard Sarla!

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Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 0900 Hrs

Still anchored a week later. Phone reception unavailable. Internet crap at $500 so far in the first week, cant even update this site properly. No fuel, no supplies. Total stuff up

Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 0745 Hrs

12 05.5 S, 96 53 E. Anchored at Direction Island, Cocos Keeling Islands. Here we are, unfortunately we are under quarantine conditions meaning we are not allowed on shore. (Our crime is being on a sailboat) We have just cleared in via the Australian Federal Police and are assured that internet is available from direction Island anchorage. Currently we can not find it, possibly turned off. Once we have a forecast and sorted some electrical issues we should be good to leave again very soon. Fingers crossed. Hopefully will update once internet is available.

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 1200 Hrs

13 03 S, 97 34 E, Getting closer. 71 Nm to Cocos. We requested last week to stop via the Cocos Keelings for the purpose of getting a detailed update of weather conditions for crossing the equator and planing our route forward. The communications on board are not able to download any more than a 3 day, and small area forecast despite considerable attempts and costs. On Sunday we were denied entry but I have no choice but to proceed for safety concerns.

Monday, 7 March 2022, 1230 Hrs

14 09 S, 98 54 E, Counting down now just 170 Nm to the Cocos Keeling’s Damn hot out here.

Sunday, 6 March 2022, 1200 Hrs

15 04 S, 100 29 E, Making reasonable speed in a light 10-15 Kts breeze. We are now less than 280 Nm SE of the Cocos Keeling Islands.

Friday, 4 March 2022, 1300 Hrs

16 23 S, 103 47 E, The wind has lightened so we now have the Parasail up (The Weapon) and are making a good 5-6 kts in a little over 10 kts of wind directly downwind. Not so much luck on submitting forms to Authorities though, the phone company is making a fortune on failed uploads and downloads.

Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 1100 Hrs

18 32 S, 106 55 E, wherever in the Indian Ocean. Been giving the Sat phn a workout trying to get info and communicate with authorities amounting to a big waste of time and money so far. Anyway moving along well in 25kt SW wind and a 3m swell.

Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 1200 Hrs

20 03 S, 108 22 E, Almost 350 Nm NW of Exmouth, have just made a call to Border Force to request permission to make a stop at the Coco’s Keeling Islands due to weather concerns. We have had a good 24 hour average of 6.8 Kts boat speed so quite happy with progress. Wondering if Thailand has changed their policy for 7 days quarantine on board on arrival as there were set to be changes made today on that issue. All is well.

Monday, 28 February 2022, 0900 Hrs

21 28 S, 110 24 E. That puts us into international waters finally. 200 Nm West of Exmouth. I would normally start selling duty free alcohol to the crew, however we have all decided to take up a facebook friends challenge of no alcohol for February 29-31. Could be a long wait!

Sunday, 27 February 2022, 1230 Hrs

22 33 S, 111 34 E, Just 3Nm till we enter the tropics. Certainly have felt the temperature rising in the last few days. We are also 115 Nm West of Point Coats so still in Australian waters. All well with bread baking and toasted bacon and eggs sandwiches for breakfast. Not much else to focus on other than the next meal when there is no news of the happenings around the world.

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

24 34 S, 112 26 E, Still on the Continental shelf (Just) around 70 Nm West of Carnarvon WA. We left anchor in Shark Bay at 1500 Hrs (Note Time Change) Currently we are in 20-25 Kts Southerly which should remain for the next 24 hrs before lightening off. All is well!

Friday, 25 February 2022, 1500 Hrs

26 02 S, 113 13 E. Anchored inside Dirk Hartog Island, WA. Pulled in here this morning to download and return some forms for the clearance agent in Phuket. Still waiting on it and getting itchy feet as the wind is keen to push us out to sea. Sorry again for the lack of updates recently but have daily been spending hours trying to get paperwork done before we are isolated from the worlds happenings. Sent almost 30 Documents, photos and certificates through and still waiting on the last one arrrghh

Next updates will be via Sat phn every other day.

Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

31 45 S, 115 13 E, 20 Nm NW of Rottnest Island. Another slow day yesterday but easy with the wind and sea following. Sorry for no update yesterday but there’s a lot of stuff to get through online before we turn left into the Indian Ocean

Monday, 21 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

33 04 S, 114 43 E 120 Nm West of Bunbury. Its great to be heading north and leaving the Southern Ocean behind us. Quite an exhilarating ride around cape Leeuwin yesterday afternoon. Today however sees a much slower day until the wind kicks back in. All is well.

Sunday, 20 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

34 36 S, 115 36 E, Now just 30 Nm South of Cape Leeuwin and making good progress in a strong SE wind sending us North. Despite the reports of how hot Perth is last night was freezing here. North sounds good. PS the “Baker” came up with a great result on his first attempt.

Saturday, 19 February 2022, 1130 Hrs

35 13 S, 118 07 E, Finally into reception. We are now 15 Nm south of Albany in a light southerly. Had the slowest average yesterday despite recording the highest boat speed yet. We drifted for a while this morning whilst waiting on the breeze to fill in. Note the time change again. We used that extra hour to break out the bread-maker and give it a try. Baker Joe’s Job is on the line or he gets the job permanently. Will let you know tomorrow.

Friday, 18 February 2022, 1230 Hrs

35 10 S, 120 05 E, Currently 100 Nm East of Albany. The last 3 days have been a bit slower than anticipated and unfortunately still no phone / internet reception as the wind keeps sending us on the long course. Anyway all still well and will hopefully give a full update tomorrow.

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

34 32 S, 122 01 E, South of Esperance by around 45 Nm

Screecher

Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 1200 Hrs

34 18 S, 124 02 E, Around 110 Nm East of Esperance. It seems we were unable to avoid the centre of the high pressure so unfortunately burning precious fuel slowly motoring west. Hopefully will be back in internet range in the next 24 hours to get a weather update and catch up on happenings ashore.

Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 1030 Hrs

33 53 S, 126 53 E, Note the time change (UTC + 9 Hrs) Getting there. Around 200 Nm to Esperance where we should pick up an updated forecast. Just a light Southerly at the moment which should be the case for the next 24 hours or so. Making reasonable progress as the seas are calm with the underlying swell causing no issues. All doing fine on board and have settled into a daily routine which as always revolves around who is cooking what today.

Monday, 14 February 2022, 0930 Hrs

33 06 S, 128 52 E, 85 Nm South of Eucla SA Made better progress over the last 24 hours with the Gennika up for half the day before the wind and swell picked up over night. All is well

Sunday, 13 February 2022, 0930 Hrs

33 35 S, 131 50 E. The wind angle is improving so expecting a better course for the next few days towards WA.

Saturday, 12 February 2022, 1400 Hrs

34 07 S, 132 59 E, Just a sniff of internet so a quick update. The wind is dropping off so now we a giving the new “Screecher” a go (Gennika)

0800 Hrs

34 15 S, 133 36 E, 130 Nm due South of Ceduna SA. Starting to make good progress with a nice sunny morning giving us a pleasant 2 sail reach. The wind is expected to ease through the day so planning to increase sail area as the day progresses.

Friday, 11 February 2022, 2030 Hrs

34 29 S, 134 51 E, About 30 Nm west of Coffin Bay, After safely rounding Cape Catastrophe earlier today I have no plans to go to that bay. Anyway we will probably again be out of internet shortly so updates may only be every other day via satellite. All well on board with a good weather forecast

0700 Hrs

Leaving anchorage for the crossing of the Bight. I will try to update again later in the day whilst we have some internet coverage. After this evening all updates will be via the Satellite phone so will only happen every 2 days unless we require a weather update and will use that connection for a brief update. It will probably be around 7 days before regular internet is back again.

Thursday, 10 February 2022, 1900 Hrs

34 57 S, 135 59 E, Anchored in “Memory Bay” SA Early tomorrow the forecast shows the Southerly going more SE and then East. Expecting to leave early in the morning for the WA coast.

1315 Hrs

That’s it we have left the country! Checked out with Border Force a short time ago and are now heading for the Southern ocean. Not planning on going too far today into a Southerly but intending to anchor until daylight Friday in “Memory Cove” Friday’s weather should see more easterlies and a pretty much good run to the WA coast for the next week.

Ready to Go

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Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 0215 Hrs

Arrived in Port Lincoln for a day of final top ups before clearing out of SA

Mon, 7 February 2022, 1400 Hrs

Leaving Adelaide, finally our ship papers have arrived on board so we can now check out of the country. There is a forecast front coming through on Tuesday // Wednesday so we are underway to Port Lincoln where we plan to officially clear customs and be underway on Thursday morning.

Great to finally be underway again.

Position Report and other info UTC (+11 Hrs Sydney Time)

Cut and paste the GPS location below into Google earth, you can place mark This position and follow our Progress. Satellite Phone / SMS no. +61 405 592 606

Saturday, 12 February 2022, 1400 Hrs

34 07 S, 132 59 E, Just a sniff of internet so a quick update. The wind is dropping off so now we a giving the new “Screecher” a go (asymmetrical)

0800 Hrs

34 15 S, 133 36 E, 130 Nm due South of Ceduna SA. Starting to make good progress with a nice sunny morning giving us a pleasant 2 sail reach. The wind is expected to ease through the day so planning to increase sail area as the day progresses.

Friday, 28 January 2022

The WA border continues to cause problems for our plans. Unfortunately its looking unlikely that we can stop in WA on our way overseas which means we could be offshore and isolating for up to 45 or more days. Thank you very much Ashleigh for your assistance in getting us at least this far and I fully understand that your first big ocean trip should not be of such an unknown and long duration. Hopefully these restrictions will improve some time and you will be able to join us again in the future.

Sunday, 23 January 2022, 0900 Hrs

Arrived CYCSA Part one done!  Beer O’clock after a bit of a clean up. Thank you Russel for your help to SA. All well on board.

Saturday, 22 January 2022, 1130 Hrs

36 03 S, 138 41 E, South of Backstairs Passage by around 40 Nm, expecting to be in Adelaide around lunchtime Sunday. Fantastic to be out of Bass Strait, its amazing the difference with the seas and therefore comfort once into SA waters. Busy now trying to work out logistics since that clown of a premier in WA decided to shut out fully vaccinated travelers indefinitely. Will update planned timings etc as plans evolve. All well on board.

Thursday, 20 January 2022, 1600 Hrs

38 27 S, 141 44 E, Just 10 Nm South of Portland but we aint stopping. Wind is around 25 kts from the east and forecast to stay pretty much the same for the next few days so should be good to continue on straight to Adelaide. Looking forward to start heading north again in a couple of hours as its been fairly cold despite the sunny last few days. All is well on board.

Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 1400 Hrs

39 03 S, 144 41 E, Half way between Wilson’s Promontory and Cape Otway and making good progress after the last 2 days. An easterly of 25-30 Kts certainly helps on a westerly course. All is well but with the seas building its time to bring out the pre-prepared shepherds Pie for dinner tonight and save the crew some preparation. Thanks Dinah, looking forward to enjoying it later.

Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 1500 Hrs

38 59 S, 146 30 E, Around 4 Nm NE of Sealers Cove where we will be waiting a couple of hours for a predicted easterly change this evening. The plan is make the most of it and hopefully go all the way through to SA over the next 4 or so days. Glad to have the last 24 hrs behind us as its been a slow bumpy passage across the first half of Bass Strait. Reception may be intermittent until we close land again on the western side of Victoria.

Monday, 17 January 2022, 1600 Hours

38 10 S, 147 48 E, closing in on the coast and the wind is easing. Hopefully the seas will follow suit so we can make some southing whilst the SW wind blows through.

1200 Hrs

38 30 S, 148 14 E, Just entered the Bass Strait oil Fields as the SW came in. Now Heading due west on the best windward angle we can make. The coast should give a bit of shelter from the wind and waves but I expect it will be a bumpy ride for several hours yet. All is fine.

Sunday, 16 January 2022, 1800 Hrs

37 35 S, 149 56 E, Gabo Island, Entering Bass Strait with variable winds and calm conditions. Unfortunately there is only around 18 hours before a West to SW change is forecast. Hopefully it wont be more than 20 Kts but that will be enough to slow our progress. It should turn around after 18 plus hours but if we didn’t get off the east coast we could have been waiting another 3 days. Burning fuel but this is no place to be hanging around.

1130 Hrs

Leaving anchorage at Boydtown, Eden. Tsunami warning overnight had us on anchor / weather watch in case NZ or somewhere else reported significant waves. All we had was a short burst of a 1 meter swell come through at around 0530 Hrs which could be seen crashing on the normally sheltered beach. Thank you very much Dinah for keeping a weather watch from shore every 1.5 Hrs to advise of anything significant occurring.

Saturday, 15 January 2022, 1200 Hrs

36 35 S, 150 12 E, 30 Nm North of Eden. A SW wind coming through overnight so we will be anchoring for the evening and expect to be able to move on again Sunday and get a fair way through the Strailt before another forecast front will slow us down for a while. Hopefully the following Easterly winds will be as forecast as then it gives us a good run through the rest of the Strait. All well on board.

January,  2022, 1100 Hrs

At the Shell Harbour Marina fuel dock awaiting a top up before heading off as far south and west as we can over the next week. Will start updating this page more frequently now that we are underway.