March 2000

Friday : 12 noonYesterday afternoon we were continuing our run into Bass Strait before a very pleasant north east breeze. With all plain sail set we completed some more tacking drills prior to settling down to a square sail run for...

12 Noon : ThursdayCurrently sailing about 30 nautical miles south west of Gabo Island on the NSW/Victoria border, heading south west into Bass Strait with a lovely quartering breeze pushing us along at five knots.The last 24 hours can only be described as very pleasant....

Well the sea breeze didn't appear yesterday (too much cloud cover) but we had a nice breeze from the east anyway. This made for perfect conditions for learning how to set and furl all those sails and tacking the ship which all went well....

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