Yesterday we were going along nice but a lot more west than planned then late afternoon we jibed and headed more north to find a bit of warmth. Last night I lost my shit, we are sailing as dead down wind as we can with all sails poled out and even though it wasn't that windy, only about 13kts the sea was horrible. A big rolling swell had picked up and if you look at the chart where we are the contour lines are just crazy with all these trenches and mountains the currents are pushing you all over the place and Sunflower ends up corkscrewing all over the place with sails banging like crazy so the only thing to do so we can each get a few hours sleep was start the engine. By 4am the seas had dropped and it was relatively calm again with just a little current against us and we set the sails and are still going fine. The winds are meant to go more east this afternoon so we will make some more west from that hopefully.
Fishing hasn't been happening, haven't even wet a line yet as I don't want to get even more smelly, it's so bloody cold we haven't had a shower since we left but today is the day! We are probably about 500km north of where we were in Whangarei NZ and it's making all the difference also the water temp is also up nearly 5 degrees so happy days. The suns out today with just a few rain clouds about and our solar is topping things up and there's just enough wind to sail so Happy Days
Midday Pos 31*29s 169*45e
114nm made good to Bundaberg, 126nm made good towards Norfolk Island
1025nm to Bundaberg
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