March 2001

After sailing all night we arrived off Cape Byron early this morning. We completed demo tacks today in record time in a stiffening breeze and passing rain showers: we then had a great lunch as Woody as always, is putting in the big ones and...

Coffs is behind us now and the YC are feeling better for the brief respite. Spirits are high now as the seasickness fades as a bad memory. We sailed from port today and we all got drenched in some big ol' fat rain, so we...

We had a really uncomfortable night at sea last night and by this morning we had arrived off Nambucca Heads with just a few miles to go to Coffs. We flew along at about 10 Knots with a fresh sou'wester rising to get us...

Overnight we ran square before a breeze that gradually grew in strength and by this evening was creating some very unpleasant conditions for us as we tried making ground toward our first destination of Coffs Harbour. There has been a few sickies but to...

The YC climbed again overnight and we woke early to meet a great day with some exercising and a brief swim in the Bay. Then the morning was devoted to safety briefs and line handling and sail setting before we weighed anchor and departed...

Hey - it's great to be back online! The ship and crew have spent the last four weeks in a maintenance period in Sydney getting ready to continue the circumnavigation. We're fit and raring to go...

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