We departed yesterday, tuesday 25 Oct, from the lagoon off Noumea at 0700. It was very light so we motor sailed SW towards a band of cloud on the horizon. Five hours later we picked up a SSW 18 knot wind and we set full headsail and 1 reefed mainsail. The sea built up quickly with the front and we settled into the usual 1st day of a passage routine.
We have maintained the good conditions through the night and are tracking towards Cape Byron to keep north of the High and we expect Northerly winds on the weekend to help us track south along with the usual East Australian coast current that is strong between Byron and Coffs at the present time (BOM web site). A highlight of the night was seeing a flying fish take off about 10 metres from the starboard bow and flew then hovered next to the navigation light for about 10 seconds then floated back down into the sea.
All is well onboard as the sea is moderating this morning. We have 742 nm to Coffs
At 25/10/2016 21:08 (utc) our position was 23°15.08'S 164°04.23'E
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