Not much to report sailing wise. We are beating into strong headwinds with the East Australian Current pushing us south on top of it. Our tacking angles are ridiculous and so is our VMG (Velocity Made Good - our actual speed towards a waypoint, taking your speed and angle towards the waypoint into account). On port tack we are looking at a VMG of less than a knot and on starboard it is between 3 and 4. ETA Airlie Beach: February 2020!
Heroes of the day: Our two Mothers, Mike and Amancio, who still managed to make a delicious lunch and are cooking up a storm for dinner in these conditions. Bernd also deserves a mention for being hoisted up the port shroud in a harness to detach and replace our starboard Yankee sheet which started chafing and we got worried it might snap in these winds. Well done guys!
Fair winds and a following sea!
Chris