Hello everyone!

Conditions out here continue to be very good, although the breeze has eased a bit from yesterday. Even though we are heading slightly south of New Caledonia, and are now within a few miles of the Tropic of Capricorn, the weather is getting warmer! No complaints from the crew, as we were able to stand watch all night in T-shirts and shorts, with 3/4 of the moon poking through the clouds and lighting up the night sea.

In the first 24 hours since departing Noumea, we covered 190 miles towards Brisbane, mostly on a nice easy three-sail reach. As of this writing on Wednesday afternoon, we had 545 miles to go to the entrance of Moreton Bay, off Brisbane.

After one sashimi appetizer and two fish meals, we have only managed to consume less than a quarter of the huge mahi we caught yesterday. The rest is awaiting future meals in the freezer.

So far, the sailing has been easy and uneventful, just the way we like it. Speeds last night were in the high eights to low 10's in 15 to 22 knots of breeze. We're now doing from 5-8 knots in 10-13 knots of wind and slightly rolly seas.

We'll check in with you tomorrow from the half way point.

Cheers, George, Graham, Todd and Pete