Time 1800 local
Position 40 35'S, 150 34'E we are averaging 6 knots.
Distance to Nelson 1062nm
Well we have been catching up on sleep, reading and generally settling into the motion of the ocean.
We had a good run across the top yesterday, in fact we got to Waterhouse Island 3 hours too soon to pass through Banks Strait with the tide, so we turned south and hove too off Tomahawk for a few hours. Heaving too is stopping the boat without having to anchor and drop the sails.
The conditions were rather rough since 1500 with current against tide. It is best to traverse Banks Strait with both current and tide with you and this we achieved around midnight passing into the Tasman Sea.
Today has been cloudy and rain showers most of the day and a few Storm Petrels dancing on the waves. Not many shearwaters and only 1 Albatross.
At 1200 today got a call on the VHF from the vessel Polar Star a US Coast Guard Cutter requesting us to alter coarse Northward to achieve a 5 mile separation as they felt the need to shoot at something or other shortly. Seems the Tasman Sea isn't big enough. This we did. They turned their AIS back on once we passed which made me wonder why they felt the need to sneak around shooting at things in our waters anyway.
All is well on board
Wayne n Kathy
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1 comment:
very interesting, almost worth sneaking about to see what they are firing at,(but at what risk?) we've had some wild weather on the east coast has come good now, good you explain your lingo Chris
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