Departing East Diamond Is for Willis Island
 
                The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
                  Cate and Chris Galloway
                  
Tue 18 Aug 2009 06:30
                  
                | Position at 1600 AEDT 17:26:04S 
151:04:18E By Sarah Today when we took  the clothes of the 
rail, my FAVOURITE t-shirt fell in! So Allan(the guy who is staying with us) 
went in and used the dingy anchor to get it back up and it worked! Later that 
day(today) we went to the beach for a walk. When we got to the other side of the 
island we saw millions and millions of crabs! We also saw 4 moray 
eels!(ewwwwwww!) Allan climbed to the middle of the light tower without 
us!  And... Our forward plan has changed a bit: we are sailing 
this evening around sunset and will make a passage to the Coral Sea weather 
stattion at South Willis Island, about 90 nm away. With the 20knot SE wind 
behind us, we should have a pretty quick trip, and hopefully we will arrive 
about 10:00 tomorrow morning. The foercast has the wind easing slightly which 
means that we should have a pretty good trip Thursday and Friday to arrive at 
Panasia Island in the Loisiades AM Saturday, hence the change in 
plans. Trust all is well at home,motley crew are happy - 
"The health welfare and morale of the ship's company remain at thier usual high 
levels...." |