There is a reasonable amount of reactions on the logs I write. That makes me happy since I know that they are read. I have however not the habit of answering the questions that are asked in the reactions. A captain should be on deck and not working behind his computer all day. My apologies for this but the speculations amount the readers work well also. For now I will change my habit to clear some things.

 

In Sydney we were berthed at Walsh Bay pier 2. Next to our berth are nicely restored warehouses. They are so close to the berth that we have to brace close hauled in order not to hit the buildings. These buildings are also caused the bad satellite connection.

 

Another misunderstanding is that we update sailwx to clear our position. The website uses the reports we sent to the Dutch metrological institute (KNMI). The reports are sent every 6 hours whenever possible.

 

The last misunderstanding is that we would not know where Melbourne is situated. Outside the bay of Sydney we had a south-south easterly wind. Therefore we could not point our bow at Cape Howe. Although I am very enthusiastic about the sailing capabilities of our ship, sailing against the wind is still not possible. So we departed Sydney sailing close hauled (as far possible against the wind) in an easterly direction. Later we weared the ship (turned her around) to sail over the other tack to the Cape. The knowledge of a soon backing wind helped us in this decision. The red dotted line is the course that we planned on our voyage preparations. We had a lot of headwinds. The blue line is the actual traveled route. The backing wind made us sail more and more to Cape Howe. There are also two line at the bow of the ship. The red one indicates how we travel over the chart and the blue one indicates in what direction our bow sprit is pointing. The difference is caused by drift and current. Tactics, so to say. First sail away in order to reach the goal at last.

 

… it has been a lot of computer work after all…