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...."
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