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Jus'Do It 3 - when can we leave?



Wednesday 30th July

It blows all night until dawn when everything calms down and we get up to sunshine and blue skies. We soon hear from other boats that the wind was gusting 41+ knots yesterday – clearly we’re under-reading somehow, which we suspected. However, we’re now anxious to move on so are trying to find out weather information from as many sources as possible. We’re off to do the rounds of jobs again – customs, shopping, general boat preparation etc. Annie and Alex do another big shop then have to negotiate the dual carriage way with a wayward trolley – not a good idea!  While ashore we’re told there’s now a berth available so we move over mid-morning. Phil and Annie get cooking for the voyage again – lentil soup and curry. Ian and Kevin work on the vang and Alex goes to get her emailing up to date. In the afternoon we receive some updates – we can leave tomorrow if heading for Brisbane, it’s going to be on the nose for the first day or so – WSW – but light airs then the wind to swing to the NW which suits us. We decide to go for it otherwise we’ll be here forever. We’ve still to get our laundry back and fuel up so plan to leave 11ish tomorrow. We have a meal ashore – the lads head out for a few drinks, Alex and Annie have another early night.




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