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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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Wednesday, 24th July, 1315 Hrs

35 30 S, 138 14.5 E, Wirrina Cove, Sapphires new home. Thanks again crew, great work

Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 1200 Hrs

37 26 S, 139 48 E, 16 Nm South of Robe SA All well, it started off quite slow waiting on the Southerly change yesterday but when it finally came in we picked up the pace Hopefully we will arrive early Wednesday morning at Wirrina Cove, Sapphires new home. My apologies but some parts of the website seem not to be working. Currently trying to rectify but my computer has suffered water damage so some of my keys and functions are not operating making this fix difficult at sea

Sunday, 21 July 2013, 1500 Hrs

39 02 S, 143 09 E Wind NNW Currently at 15-25 Kts. Its pretty ugly out here but the wind is expected to swing round to the South from as early as this evening just depending on where we are in relation to the low that has been troubling us for so long. Did I mention how ff ffff ff cold it is here?

0900 Hrs

Leaving Apollo Bay

Saturday, 20 July 2013, 1300 Hrs

Planning to leave Apollo Bay this afternoon. Freezing here with a slightly sketchy forecast for this area. Watching the weather observations to be sure the nearby low moves in the direction predicted. All being well the outlook is for only moderate strength winds in a reasonable direction

After the Storm!

Wednesday, 17th July, 1200 Hrs

38 45.4 S, 143 40.6 E, Port of Apollo Bay. Arrived in good weather as gale force winds are expected in the next 12 or so hours. Will need to wait several days for this system to blow through.

Fuel Drained from the fuel separator / filter after just 11 hrs of running after filter change

Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 0930 Hrs

39 08 S, 145 58 E, Finally passed Wilsons Promontory by around 20 Nm. Approx 24 hrs away from Apollo Bay or 40 hrs from Portland. Depending on the wind will try to get as far as safe before the next round of strong winds or before running the fuel too low as will need to check the condition of the remaining fuel. All is well, currently under engine again as winds are very light from the NW

Monday, 15 July 2013, 1500 Hrs

38 42 S, 147 17 E, 25 Nm East of Port Albert, A slow night as when it came to charging the batteries the engine would not start. After hand steering in light winds all night we commenced to change fuel filters at first light. Unfortunately after sitting for some time un-used the fuel tanks have become fouled so the primary filter was blocked. Fortunately there was not much water in the contamination so several hours later both filters have been changed and we are under way again.

Sunday, 14 July 2013, 1000 Hrs

37 46 S, 149 36 E, Approx 25 Nm past Gabo Island and into Bass Strait. Wind NE as predicted, will hopefully give us a good run to Wilsons Promontory before we start getting some westerlies. All is well, Amy cooked a Japanese Curry last night the first I have had on board, very nice and well done. Next update will be in a little over 24 hrs as reception will be doubtful until then

Saturday, 13 July 2013, 2000 Hrs

35 38 S, 150 10 E, Currently 20 Nm NE of Merrimbula NSW. Still under engine but the promise of NE winds for Sunday to push us a fair way across to Wilsons Prom. Unsure of exactly how far we will be before they start swinging more to the West on Monday but hopefully will make good use of what comes along. All well. Next update in the morning before possibly loosing regular internet tomorrow evening.

Friday, 12 July 2013, 1100 Hrs

Leaving D’Albora Marina Sydney.

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Thursday, 15 August 2013, 0115 Hrs

CYCA Berth B34, All well arrived just as the wind started to build. A scary last hour with whales breeching around 10m from the boat in the dark off Barrenjoey. Fortunately none came on board

Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 1200 Hrs

32 45 S, 153 13 E, Currently off Port Stephens so a little over 85 Nm to go. Currently a light 8 kt NW breese that will hopefully build a little more so that we are finally able to shut down the noise of the engine. Current ETA is for very early Thursday morning before winds go further to the SW

Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 1230 Hrs

30 22 S, 153 10 E, Left Coffs Harbour an hour or so ago. Lovely weather with what are now variable winds. The predicted strong S-SW winds didn’t eventuate here despite storm damage in Sydney overnight. With more Northerlies on the way hopefully will be in Sydney now on Wednesday evening or early Thursday Morning.

Monday, 12 August 2013, 1500 Hrs

30 18.2 S, 153 08.8 E, Coffs Harbour Marina. Great run and beautiful weather here in Coffs currently. Seems a shame to pull in as the NW winds had kicked in nicely. Watching the observations we can see over 40 Kts hit Sydney a few hours ago so thought it prudent to stop here for hopefully no more that 15 ish hours when the front has moved through. All going very well. A quick clean up and the crew are all off for a swim.

Sunday, 11 August 2013 1500 Hrs

Left Southport Yacht Club and on the way to Sydney. Forecast is for light winds for the first 24 hrs or so then after that a brief shift to the South before lightening off again. Based on this will be watching for the change and expect to stop and wait for it to go through (Possibly at Coffs Harbour) before continuing on.

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Friday, 28 June 2013, 1515 Hrs

Bayview Marina

1100 Hrs

Leaving CYCA for the final leg to Pittwater. Sorry for not updating our arrival last night into Sydney but showers, beers and a long sleep overtook other duties. All well thank you to the Crew Ian, Colin and Rachael well done in varied conditions. Thank you also to Sarah for her help today. ETA Pittwater approx 1600 Hrs

Thursday, 27 June 2013, 0830 Hrs

33 34 S, 151 05 E Approx 10 Nm East of Kiama with around 50 nm to Sydney Heads. Expecting to be in Sydney Harbour this evening before continuing on to Pittwater Friday Morning. All well with the Breese dying off but still a reasonable size underlying swell. Happy Birthday to Rachael on board today as well she has now demanded bacon and eggs for breakfast!

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 0900 Hrs

36 58 S, 150 01 E Left Eden at 0730 this morning and now around 5 Nm off Merimmbula. Despite a sizeable underlying swell the seas here have dropped right off. Currently the wind is around 10- 15 Kts from the South with the forecast showing them dropping further as we progress up the coast.

Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 1800 Hrs

Still in Eden, back on a mooring expecting the wind to be dying off tomorrow so based on the next forecast early tomorrow we are planning an early start up the coast.

Thanks for the Fresh Tuna Guys! (and the loan of some decent fenders) Made great Sushimi tonight

Sunday, 23 June 2013, 2330 Hrs

37 04 S, 149 54 E Snug Cove, Eden!

2130 Hrs

37 00 S, 150 21 E, Currently around 8 Nm South of Eden. Will be pulling in tonight to top up on fuel and wait for the forecast foul weather to blow through. Quite a frustrating day with very little breese again this morning despite the forecast 15-20 Kts making a slower than hoped for entrance to NSW waters. We expected to be able to make it as far north as Ulladulla but Murphy had his way again. The outlook now looks like Wednesday before we can head off again.

Saturday, 22 June 2013, 0900 Hrs

38 52 S, 147 02 E We passed Wilsons Prom late night / early morning and are well into the Strait approaching the oil fields. Still light winds hopefully going more SE today so we can sail a while. Regardless the plan is to be heading north on the NSW coast in 24 hours when stronger Easterlies are expected.

Friday, 21 June 2013, 1700 hrs

38 54 S, 145 43 E, 10 Nm West of Cape Liptrap. We left Port Phillip Heads at around 6am on the slack water. Spent several hours at anchor overnight. Conditions have been variable today and yesterday so under engine. Similar conditions are likely overnight however now expecting easterlies for much of the Bass Strait crossing. Bloody cold down here !

Thursday, 20 June 2013, 1330 Hrs

Leaving Geelong for Sydney

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Saturday, 2 November 2013, 1200 Hrs

Moored at Cameray Marina, well done and thank you to the crew.

Friday, 1 November 2013, 1100 Hrs

32 16 S, 152 42 E, 10Nm NE of seal Rocks, just over 100 Nm to Sydney and still under engine since leaving Coffs. Expecting Northerly winds this afternoon to speed things up a bit. All well with an ETA of around 24 hrs at the moment.

Thursday, 31 October 2013, 0930 Hrs

Leaving Coffs Harbour. The wind has settled down again so looks like motoring now as the forecast shows light to variable winds for the next 36 hrs or so. Current ETA Saturday sometime.

Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 0300 Hrs

30 18.2 S, 153 08.7 E, Coffs Harbour public wharf. The place is full of others seeking shelter. The Southerly hit here around 2100 Hrs slowing the last 15 Nm to a crawl. Time for a decent sleep. Hopefully the conditions will be calm for Thursday afternoon to allow us to be back underway.

October 29, 2013 1730 Hrs

29 45 S, 153 25 E, Approximately 10 Nm North of Nth Solitary Island. Still making good progress with 20-30 Kt winds from the North. Further south its been blowing southerly most of the day so hope it keeps moving slowly up the coast so as we can be tucked into Coffs harbour before it changes here. Thunderstorms to the north currently so a wet evening on its way. All well

0600 Hrs

28 20 S, 153 44 E Back in NSW, around 15 Nm North of Byron Bay. All is well although with a bit of Nausea amongst the crew due to slightly bumpy conditions the first half a day has not seen too much of our provisions consumed. All seem to be adjusting well now however. Current forecast is for a Southerly change late tonight so we expect to be parked somewhere (Coffs?) before then.

October 28, 2013, 1200 Hrs (Sydney Time)

26 41.2 S, 153 07.8, Mooloolaba Yacht Club Marina Ready to leave within the hour. Current forecast looks like a quick trip to Coffs followed by a couple of days wait until the wind again goes back to the North. Welcome back on board Doug and first time on board for Amii.

26th October 2013

Arrived in Mooloolaba, Great Jetstar has lost my baggage. Will begin preparations on Sunday for departure early Monday morning. Hopefully bags will arrive and not delay preparations any longer.

Sunset Mooloolaba

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Thursday, 6 November 2014, 0130 Hrs

32 55.3 S, 151 45.7 E, Newcastle Yacht Club Marina. What a Storm that lashed Sydney and Newcastle and then us off Port Stephens. Boat and crew handled it well but did it rain! Well done and thank you to Annabel and Vince. Congratulations to Gang on his new boat purchase.

Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 1130 Hrs

31 59 S, 152 42 E, 14 Nm NE of Foster. Sailing nicely with the wind behind us at 15-20Kts from NE. Currently we are looking at an ETA in Newcastle of very early Thursday morning. Nice sunny conditions to go with it.

Photo by Vince

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 1000 Hrs

29 52 S, 153 33 E, Around 9 Nm East of Nth Solitary Island, wind is again calm but forecast to come in strong from the North this afternoon. All is well.

Monday, 3 November 2014, 2230 Hrs

28 58 S, 153 40 E, South of Balina now, wind started to go east off Byron Bay a few hours ago so now under sail and the seas are starting to Calm a bit. I’m not sure if the sea state can affect your colour vision because the crew were starting to look a bit green! On the mend now but I think I will be dining on my own tonight. (Certainly won’t be as good as the Peking Duck the other night thanks to Gang and his wife)

0930 Hrs

27 57 S, 153 27 E, Now around 3 Nm off the Gold Coast, left early at 0700 (NSW Time) Currently SE winds at about 15 Kts so under engine. Expecting the wind to move more easterly as the day progresses and we get further South

Sunday, 2 November 2014, 1700Hrs

27 51 S, 153 22 E, Sanctuary Cove Marina, QLD Prepared and ready to start, currently a strong wind warning is in place but easing for Tuesday. Expect to leave Southport Bar at the 6 am High tide. Welcome aboard to Vince and Annabel

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