Update from Classic, the first few days...

Well, the plane was on time and GT got me to the airport and Michael picked me up at the other end on Saturday last. We both then drove to Southport to check the boat out and get to know our new charge.

The boat is tied up at the Resort Marina just down from the Southport yacht club and the keys were just where the owner said in the anchor locker. We were confronted with the first problem, getting onboard. Classic is very high sided and even for me it was a reach up to grasp the gunwale. It presents it's own challenges, like how to dock the boat without getting off as it's a big jump from the deck to the dock...

Classic is by any standard a big boat, below deck accommodation is spacious and all the workings are below the accommodation deck and in all one can stand up in this space and walk the length of the boat or at least between the forward and aft crash bulkheads.

Saturday we did little other than explore the location of the various bits and pieces and systems on board. Before I knew it was dark outside and we had to depart for Manly and Drina. I was quite looking forward to a night on the old girl and checking out the various improvements he's made in preparation for the upcoming trip to Patagonia.

It's about an hour and a half drive from Southport to Manly and so it was dinner time on arrival and so we stopped off at the Manly Pub for something to eat. A very expensive choice as it turned out for a mediocre meal sloppily served. Not having any idea of the alternatives I'd more or less decided to give the pub a miss. Now of course I know better and the the pub is a shining jewel in the crown of Manly's culinary options. Yesterday I made the mistake of ordering a long black in one of the alternative cafes and I'm still regretting the waste of the $3.50 and wondering how my insides are coping with the slug of battery acid I had before my alarm systems kicked in and I spat out the remainder. So no coffee for a while.

Sunday we got all the user manuals out and began sorting through them for the relevant operating instructions and making a list of things to read and bone up on. The nav systems are all more or less mainstream components so shouldn't be a problem on a stand alone basis, they are connected together in a rather haphazard way it seems, probably installed over a period of time rather than as a single installation.

Monday I went over the ships systems with the old owner and his skipper and sorted out most of the grey areas that I had on my list. Malcolm would love this boat, there are rows and rows of buttons and switches to play with..

Later in the morning we fuelled up and then back on our own dock began watering, a process that took several hours...

In the afternoon I got the plotter loaded with a course to Hobart, this turned out to be a tedious process. Being used to doing this with a few mouse clicks on my laptop I'd forgotten how frustrating these plotters without a proper keypad and high resolution screen to play with. So this process took much longer than I had allowed and as I write it's not complete, I've skipped all of the Tasman coast as I think I'll just rely on my laptop and handheld when we get that far.

Right now we're just sitting around waiting for the weather to change and watching that big high creep eastwards towards us. The most frustrating part of the weather at the moment is that the wind up here is in the north west and only 15kts, while just down the coast at Point Danger it's blowing 30kts from the south west...

More later.

Up, up and away again to deliver "Classic" from Brisbane to Launceston in Tasmania

Well, here we go again, off on Saturday next to Brisbane to join Michael T and pick up the Motor Sailer Classic a 60 ft yacht for delivery to Launceston. I've included some of the details regarding her construction and fitout below for the interested and curious.

Pilothouse Staysail Schooner, built in 2 skins, 25mm x 40mm Rose Gum (Flooded gum) & epoxy. Ribs are Rose Gum. Transverse floors are hoop pine. Keelson is ironbark. She is based on the Norwegian life boat hulls designed to withstand extreme conditions. Large owners aft cabin with ensuite and spacious forward cabin with three single bunks and ensuite. Saloon is located on the same level as the galley to include the "galley slave" in the action. High Bulwarks(rails) around the deck is a huge safety factor especially with children aboard. This is a unique VERY FUEL EFFICIENT vessel for long distance or coastal cruising.
Reference:	S5205
Name:	Classic
Country:	Australia
Year:	1999
Designer:	Gary Hewson
Builder:	R Hartill Law
Length:	58' - 17.67m
Beam:	17'
Draft:	6'
Displacement:	35 tons
Keel / Ballast:	Lead bolted on to hardwood keelson
Hull Material:	Timber/epoxy
Deck Material:	Marineply/Epoxy
Engine:	Gardner 6LXB, 127 bhp, in the full walk around engine room. Tenanco gearbox 2.9:1 ratio spins a 42" prop, This engine is slow revving, quiet and extremely fuel efficient. Designed to last forever, and very easy to work on. Cruise spped at 8.5knts burning 8-10lts/hr depending on sea conditions.
Engine Hours:	1500
Engine Room:	Walk in engine room under steering station, with full work shop.
Genset:	8 Kva Diesel Generator
Fuel:	5500ltrs in three tanks
Water:	1800ltrs Plus Watermaker 60lt/hr
Accommodation:	Three singles in the forward cabin with ensuite. Large island queen in the owners aft stateroom, with ensuite and access to the aft deck through a sliding hatch. Tastefully appointed massive saloon with seating for 10 or more people
Galley:	Huge U-shaped galley at saloon level with solid timber bench tops and massive storage for "Kitchen Stuff". Four burner gas cooktop includes a Wok burner
Refrigeration:	Large U-Tec front opening refrigerator and top opening freezer in the galley. Front opening fridges under the nav station for drinks.
Shower:	Two showers below decks
Toilet:	Two ensuite bathrooms with separate showers
Dinghy:	Aquapro RIB
Outboard:	6hp mariner
Ground Tackle:	Large Plough Anchor coupled to 13mm chain and a Hydraulic Anchor Winch
Safety Gear:	GME EPIRB, 8x Coastal Life Jackets, 3x Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishers, Life Raft, Large capacity 1.5" engine driven bilge pump plus 1x 2" electric motor driven pump. Bilge pumping compartment manifold system to survey standard.
Electrics:	12x 12 volt deep cycle batteries, plenty of 24 volt lighting internally for a cosy ambience at anchor at night. Her fully air conditioned interior caters for those steamy tropical days and nights. A large Washing Machine/Dryer takes the work out of this tedious chore when cruising.
Electronics Navigation:	ICOM M700 H. F. Radio, VHF Icom MA 422, Interphase Probe Forward seeking sonar, Navman ships log, Coursemaster 750 Auto Pilot, Radar JRC Jma 2253 24 Mile, Furuno 5CV585 Radar, GPS/ Plotter Furuno Navnet MJ170C, Clarion Stereo & CD Player
Sail Inventory:	1x Furling Headsail, 1x furling Staysail, 1x Fisherman furling headsail, Mizzen. All sails are Dacron and lightly used.
Mast / Rigging:	S&H Spars fabricated the aluminium masts and stainless rigging. The mizzen boom has a electric winch for lifting gear and the dinghy aboard.
Deck Gear:	Harken self tailing winches and a low aspect rig makes for easy sail handling.
Remarks:	This high quality huge volume ocean going motor sailer was designed to cross oceans in comfort and safety. Her protected inside steering station means you don't have to dress in foul weather gear when the weather is bad. The Gardner diesel is low revving, quiet, economical and incredibly reliable. Massive storage under the floors will allow provisioning for extended periods or as a supply vessel for the Pacific Islands. "Classic" is massively built for expedition type cruises and would make a perfect around Australia and Pacific cruiser. Costing nearly three times as much to build, she is seriously for sale, so if you are planning an extended voyage let me show you on board this pocket ship. She is Australian built and registered.

The Pope, Nicolaus Copernicus and the eighth most important invention in history...

First, the eighth most important invention in history...

It's undeniable that the iPhone has had a revolutionary effect on the mobile phone market since its launch three short years ago.

Apple has sold 42 million units of the little fella, and has totally transformed the fiercely competitive mobile market. It's turned the relationship between handset manufacturer and network carrier on its head.

But how highly would you rate the iPhone's impact, in the grand scheme of things?

By 'you' the Round-Up means the person on the street and thanks to a survey out this week we can tell you exactly how influential: 'ridiculously so'.

According to survey respondents, the iPhone was voted the eighth most important invention in history. In case you feared you may have misread that sentence, here's the salient part again: "the iPhone was voted the eighth most important invention in history". Wow.

Here are some of the other things that are considered less important: the car, the camera, the flushing toilet and shoes.

People simply couldn't live without their iPhones, while they could live without transport, photography or even comfortable footwear. Because maybe there's an app for that.

You could be walking barefoot and dodging randomly thrown chamber pots but as long as you can check Twitter and play your Spotify tracks on a touchscreen device with a non-removable battery you're a happy bunny.

Getting back to reality, the wheel was voted as the most important invention in history, with the aeroplane in second place and the light bulb third. At last, some sense of perspective.

Here's where 20th century technology takes over and canters home: the internet lands at fourth then computers at fifth.

While the telephone and penicillin both manage to keep the touchscreen gadget at bay, Apple's darling handset shamed the internal combustion engine, trains, hot water and space travel in the nationwide research, carried out by Tesco Mobile.

The Round-Up likes its iPhone. Quite a lot, in fact. But come on...

(Taken from Silicon Round-Up last week)

Second, Copernicus

After 467 years, Copernicus gets a hero's burial

Somewhat belated Vatican U-turn sees astronomer taken from unmarked grave to a place of honour

By Vanessa Gera in Frombork, Poland

EPA

A funeral mass was held for Copernicus after his coffin was taken on a tour of the region

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Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose work was later condemned by the Catholic Church as heretical, was reburied by Polish priests as a hero yesterday, 467 years after he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.

His reburial in a tomb in the cathedral where he once served as a church canon and doctor indicates how far the church has come in making peace with the scientist whose revolutionary theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun helped to usher in the modern scientific age. Copernicus, who lived from 1473 to 1543, died as a little-known astronomer working in what is now Poland, far from Europe's centres of learning. He had spent years labouring in his free time developing his theory, which was later condemned as heretical by the church because it removed the Earth and humanity from their central position in the universe.

After his death, his remains rested in an unmarked grave beneath the floor of the cathedral in Frombork, northern Poland, but its exact location was unknown. At the urging of a local bishop, scientists began searching in 2004 for the astronomer's remains and eventually turned up the skull and bones of a 70-year-old man – the age Copernicus was when he died. DNA from teeth and bones matched that of hairs found in one of his books, leading the scientists to conclude in all probability that they had finally found Copernicus.

In recent weeks, a wooden coffin holding those remains has lain in state in the nearby city of Olsztyn, and on Friday the coffin was taken around the region to towns linked to his life. That ceremony came 18 years after the Vatican rehabilitated the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who was persecuted for carrying the Copernican revolution forward.

Wojciech Ziemba, the archbishop of the region surrounding Frombork, said the Catholic Church is proud that Copernicus left the region a legacy of "his hard work, devotion and above all his scientific genius". Saturday's Mass was led by Jozef Kowalczyk, the papal nuncio and primate of Poland, the highest church authority in this deeply Catholic country. Poland also is the homeland of Pope John Paul II, who in 1992 said the church was wrong to condemn Galileo.

Copernicus's burial in an anonymous grave in the 16th century was not linked to suspicions of heresy. When he died, his ideas were just starting to be discussed by a small group of Europe's astronomers, astrologers and mathematicians, and the church was not yet forcefully condemning the heliocentric worldview as heresy, according to Jack Repcheck, the author of Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began. "There is no indication that Copernicus was worried about being declared a heretic and being kicked out of the church for his astronomical views," Mr Repcheck said. "Why was he just buried along with everyone else, like every other canon in Frombork? Because at the time of his death he was just any other canon in Frombork. He was not the iconic hero that he has become."

Copernicus had, however, been at odds with his superiors in the church over other matters. He was reprimanded for keeping a mistress, which violated his vow of celibacy, and was forced to give her up. He was suspected of harbouring sympathies for Lutheranism, which was spreading in northern Europe at the time. Copernicus's major treatise – On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres – was published at the very end of his life, and he received a copy of the printed book on the day he died.

And third, the pope...

Catholics asked to help fund Pope's UK visit

The Pope will address three open air masses while in the UK Roman Catholic churchgoers are being urged to help meet a shortfall of more than £3m pounds in funding for Pope Benedict's visit to the UK. The Church has asked them to put at least £1m in Sunday's collection - largely to pay for three big open air masses at which the Pope will preside. Because this is a state visit by Pope Benedict XVI, the bulk of the cost is being borne by the UK government. The Papal visit will cost £15m, not including extra policing and security. The Church's share of the cost is £7m, and with slightly less than half of it raised, congregations are being asked to contribute via the collection plate. Most of the money will be spent on three open-air masses which the Church says could attract up to 400,000 people in total. One of the masses will form the high point of the Pope's visit - the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman at Coventry Airport on 19 September. Secularist groups have criticised the use of taxpayers' money to fund the visit of a religious leader. This is probably along the lines of Pay now and Pay later... You work it out I'm going sailing!

Britain’s electoral cliffhanger: newyorker.com

Britain’s electoral cliffhanger: newyorker.com

I get a real kick from reading Simon Schama...

PK

BBC iPlayer - HARDtalk: Billy Bragg

BBC iPlayer - HARDtalk: Billy Bragg

If you'd like to hear some sensible attitudes to immigration then Billy's you man...

Log of the Yacht Magic Friday 2 April 2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Friday 2 April 2010

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02.04.2010 Friday. Inner Pontoon RSYS

08.00 RSYS

Joined the Yacht Magic alongside inner pontoon at the RSYS. Loaded personal gear and set up Nav station. Joined those who had come to farewell the crew prior to moving to the fuel dock where we took on about 180ltrs of fuel.

Check lists:

First aid kit located in Nav Seat locker.

Water tanks full

Fuel tank full

2 by 20ltr additional fuel containers loaded in aft port deck locker

Dinghy stowed

Dinghy motor stowed

Dinghy Fuel stowed

Hatch check:

Fwd ok

Saloon ok

Aft ok

Anchor Gear check:

Anchor tied on securely ok

Anchor wired to chain ok

Inboard chain end secured ok

Safety ail and gate check:

Check terminals secure ok

Check and tape gate latches ok

MoB gear check;

Heaving line missing

Knife located in cockpit ok

Floating torches ok

Life torch and whistle mounted ok

MoB retrival over stern ladder located ok

Dan Bouy missing.

Two life rafts secured one in deck locker ok

one in port aft cabin on sole. ok

Radio Check;

Ships VHF ok

Handheld VHF ok

AM FM receiver ok

No HF radio fitted.

Navigation Check:

Paper charts ok

Ray Marine Plotter ok

Garmin Handheld GPS ok

GPS PC receiver ok

Garmin handheld navigator ok

Parallel rule ok

Dividers ok

Pencils ok

Eraser ok

sharpener ok

Wind instruments ok

Ships compass ok

Self steering fluxgate compass ok

Check depth sounder at known depth shows 0.1meters below keel at known depth.

Draft 2.7 metres loaded ok

Electrical system check:

Standing float voltage 12.6 volts ok

Alternator voltage at full charge 14.7 volts ok

Amp meter displaying discharge while charging (possible wired back to front)

Laptop setup;

Secure to station ok

Secure power leads and aerials ok

setup handheld GPS ok

Compare and cross check GPS readouts ok All three instruments reading within acceptable limits of 8 meters.

Personnel;

Skipper; Rob Dickson

Port watch captain: Bruce Dickson

Starboard Captain: Andrew Dickson

Andrew Rose

David Weir

Adam Davis: (joined at Mooloolabar)

Paul Kerrigan: Navigation

09:15 Let go lines at RSYS and motored north up Port Jackson.

7 PoB as set out above

09:30 Safety Briefing for crew.

09:50 Hoisted Main and inserted both reefing lines and checked clutch positions etc. Set main with first reef in.

10:00 Abeam South Head. New course to Helmsman steer 035ºM

Headsail unfurled and poled out to starboard.

Windspeed 25kts from SE

11:00 Abeam LongReef

Pos; 33º 42'S 151º24'E

Windspeed 25kts from SE

Ist reef and poled out #2 headsail

Course 035ºM

12:30 Abeam Cape Three Points

1St reef and poled out #2 headsail

Windspeed 25kts SE

New course 033ºM

14:30 Abeam Norah Head and Point Pelican

Ist reef and #2 headsail

Windspeed 22kts SE

SOG 9.0kts

15:40 Abeam Catherine Hill Bay 15 miles off and 2.8NM east of course.

32NM from next way point at Pt Stephens

Ist reef and #2 headsail

Windspeed 20kts Southerly

SOG 8.5kts

16:40 Abeam Port of Newcastle

Ist reef and #2 headsail on pole

Hand steering for fun!

17.30 Navigation lights on deck lights and masthead allround white.

18:30 Abeam Nobbys Head

POS 33º05'S 152º08'E

Ist reef and #2 Headsail with 2 rolls Setup for overnight sailing.

Windspeed 18kts Southerly

Current for the first time with us 1.5kts @233ºM

Course 022ºM

Distance to PT Stephens 12.19NM

19:40 Abeam Pt Stephens

POS 33º05'S 152º16'E

SOG 7.6kts Heading is 040ºM

Current 1.4kts @029M

Pole down, #2 headsail rolled out to Starboard

Windspeed 25kts Southerly

22:40 4NM off Seal Rocks

POS 32º32'S 152º33'E

New course 020ºM

Pole reset Headsail rolled up two rolls No 1 reef in Main

Windspeed 18kts South, Sou' Westerly

Passed lots of ships waiting off Newcastle in last few hours

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Log of the Yacht Magic Saturday April 3 2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Saturday April 3 2010

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03.04.2010 - Saturday  Under sail Approaching Cape Hawke

01:30 Abeam Cape Hawke

POS 32º14'S  152º44'E

Wind now 240M @ 15kts

Gybed onto new course 015ºM from 040ºM

SOG 7.5kts

04:00

POS 31º57'S  152º56'E

Being set east of course, adjusted course. New course to steer 000ºM

Wind 17ktsT @ 223ºM

Ist reef and #2 headsail - broad reach very comfortable.

05:30 Off Mermaid reef at first light, being set east thought new course set at 04:00 is now closing the coast.

POS 31º46'S  152º56'E

Wind 17kts T @ 230ºM - Beam reach and very comfortable.  Little rain squalls about but bright otherwise

06:00  Nav Lights out. Checked voltage at 11.6 volts.

08:15 Started engine to charge batteries

08:30 Abeam Tacking Point

POS 31º29'S  153º00'E

we continue to be set east of the course, now 4 miles further east than at 05:30 this morning.  Cook was off this point on the morning of Saturday May 12th 1770 and named this point Tacking Point and the hill we can see off our port beam the Three Brothers.

Wind 17kts T @ 255ºM  Ist reef in main and full #2 headsail on beam reach

Course to steer is 000ºM

09:30 Checked forecasts for Smoky Cape to Point Danger and onwards to Moreton Bay.

15 to 20kts SE to SW winds stronger off shore for the next three days.  Internet connection worked well.

09:45

 Log calculation for past 24 hrs shows 201.8NM covered.  We are making very good and very comfortable progress up the course and with the forecast as is should make good time to Mooloolaba.

09:45 Altered course, new course to steer 355M

Wind speed 20kts  T @ 220M

Weather sunny, seas slight with a 1.5M SE swell

Set is 3.9kts setting 175M and this has slowed our progress to 4.5kts SOG.

10:30 

Just north of tacking Point making slow progress, no wonder that Cook named this Tacking Point so far we haven't had to tack.

POS 31:19S  153:02E  Continues sunny with SE swell to 1.5kts  

Windspeed 20Kts @220M

Set is 3,8kts setting 178M

Checked head inlet valve.  Head not filling after flush.  Using fresh water to complete cycle.

10:54  Stopped engine.  Voltage on all batteries at 14.7 volts.

12:30  POS 31:14S  153:02E

Windspeed 20kts from 230M 

Sunny with SE Swell 1.5M  

Set is 3.1kts setting to 180M

Hand steering for fun and closing the coast on 355M to get a good gybe angle for Smoky Cape.

14:30 Abeam Smoky Cape.

Wind now in the south west at about 190M and 24kts

Gybed to 355M an hour ago and being pushed east

16:45  North of Smoky Cape

POS 30:47S  153:16E

Passed Smoky 2 hrs ago and making course for South Solitary Island  

Windspeed 25Kts from 170M

Ist Reef and poled out headsail on stb gybe.

Distance made good since 12.30 is 59NM

Continue to be set East.

18:00 Abeam Nambucca Heads, 14NM off tracking 005M for South Solitary Island

POS 30:40S  153:18E

Windspeed now 30kts  T at 170M

Ist reef and 2 rolls in #2 headsail poled out to Stb

25NM of Eaasting to Windarra Bank.

Nav lights on deck colours and masthead all round white.

Started engine.

20:00 Stopped engine, Batteries now at 14 volts, unlikely to get any better with refrigeration and lights going.

21:00 Abeam Coffs Harbour, 14NM off, can see the loom of South Solitary Island light

POS 30:25S  153:24E

Windspeed 30Kts gusting 35Kts at times from 170M

Headsail rolled up at 19:30hrs and running under Ist reef in main.

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Log of the Yacht Magic Sunday 04.04.2010

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Sunday 04.04.2010 Under sail East and Abeam South Solitary Light

01:40 Bottom mainsail batten let go during gybe - All hands to stow the Mainsail and set the headsail. Motor started during manouver

Wet and windy night for all hands. I got wet...

06:10 POS 29º46'S 153º40'E

Gybed back onto new course 350ºM

Wind still 30kts at 170ºM

Nav lights out

Examined damage to gear.

Clip on Main Halyard let go and the halyard is free aloft.

Main sheet block on stb side of boom has let go and needs replacement.

Boom vang let go at lower strop and need repair

08:40

After some discussion Andrew D suggested we swap the broken batten car for one lower down the reef. Weary volunteered to be sent aloft to retrieve the halyard. Tried the boat to windward to see if that would be more stable. Very pitchy. Decided to run very free and send man aloft for halyard. Retrieved halyard successfully at 10:00hrs. On examination the broken car is indeed the bottom one so our replacement scheme is undone. Continued north and east under headsail. Windspeed is now 30Kts at 180ºM

09:30 Started engine to charge batteries and engaged prop at about 1500 rpm.

12:00 Stopped engine Batteries at 14.7volts.

13:20 3 miles east of Evans Head reef.

POS 29º08'S 153º31'E

Windspeed 20kts at 200ºM

All repairs completed to boom gear and vang working again and mainsail sheet block replaced. Have decide not to reset the main until repairs to the batten car are completed.

15:35 Abeam North Riardon Shoal

POS 29º00'S 153º34'E

Windspeed 18kts T from 178ºM

SOG 6.8kts

Set 1.0kts setting 320ºM

18:00 Off Byron Bay at twilight.

POS 28º38'S 153º41'E

Steering 010M for Pt Danger

Windspeed 18kts at 200ºM

No 2 headsail; poled out.

Nav lights on Coloured deck and all round white at masthead.

Runm and coke all round plus a few beers to celebrate an uneventful day and Weary's trip up the mast. Dinner by Bruce, chicken and Deb was a big success washed down with several bottles of Bin 28 Penfolds.

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19:30 Almost abeam Windarra Bank

POS 28º29'S 153º43'E

Course 005ºM Making for Pt Danger

Windspeed 20kts from 150ºM

Beam reach with motor and headsail.

New course to steer 000ºM

20:30

POS 28º24'S 153º44'E

New course to steer 355ºM

Set is 1.7kts @ 176ºM

Headsail only now motor stopped at 20:00

21:30 Approaching Pt Danger

POS 28º15'S 153º45'E

Windspeed 18 kts from 200ºM

Course 350ºM

24:00 Just north of Pt Danger, making slow progress with 2.4kts setting 160ºM against us

28º06'S 153º43'E

Windspeed 16kts @235'M

Port reach with Headsail only

SOG 5.0kts STW 7.5kts

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Log of the Yacht Magic Monday 05.04.2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Monday 05.04.2010

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Monday  05.04.2010  Under sail  POS 28º06'S  153º43'E

00:30 Batteries low at 10.5volts.  Started motor and engaged prop at 1500rpm to assist against set.

Set is running at 2.2kts to 158ºM

00:45 Switched water tanks.  One full tank remains.  Still using fresh water to flush head.

01:30 New breeze from 170ºM, set new course to steer at 330ºM.  This heading is safe for 3hrs at this speed 

04:00Abeam Swan Bay, 

POS 27º44'S  153º39'E

Headsail rolled up and motor sailing only now. 

Course is 350ºM

Set is 1.4kts setting 209ºM

SOG 6.2kts

Windspeed 7kts 270ºM

06:00 Flashing light in water.  Weather or fishing bouy? 

POS 27º30'S  153º40'E

Nav lights out

07:30 Off Pt Lookout

POS 27º21'S  153º35'E

Motoring as before wind now 14kts dead astern making for Cape Moreton

SOG 8.0kts  

Set is 1.2kts setting 318ºM and helping us for a change.

Course to steer is 350ºM

Weather sunny and warm, slight SE swell and a beautiful sailing day.

09:30 Off Cape Moreton and Robert's Shoal

POS 27º03'S  153º 34'E

Headsail out to port on a starboard tack

SOG 7.8kts

Set is 1.0kts setting 337ºM

Windspeed is 17kts T from 157ºM

Beautiful day, sunny and clear skies slight SE swell

Weary has the iPhone out and is checking fishing knots as we are not being all that successful with the catching, though the fishing continues day and night.

10:30  Abeam Hutchison Shoal

POS 26º57'S  153º33'E

SOG 8.0kts

New course is 340ºM

Poled out headsail only

11:00 Gybed onto new course 300ºM to fetch Pt Cartwright

12:00

POS 26º48'S  153º25'E

Making good westing

Broke out a new chart AUS 235

12:05  Altered course to port 30ºM to avoid commercial shipping 

POS 26º48'S  153º24'E

12:10 Altered course to Stb to new course 295ºM

13:50 Fetched Pt Cartwright and made the leads for marina.

14:10 In port secured alongside at the Wallis Marina.

14:15 Contacted Sailmaker Colin Quinn 0418 832 615.  He has agree to inspect the work and see if he can help.

14:30 Crew ashore for showers

15:00 Sailmaker arrived and inspected the work.  He will return at 07:30 and try and get us underway by 11:00

17:00 Big night ashore and visited a guinness pub.  it was rubbish.  Retired to Magic and gave the run and coke a nudge.

The boys clubbed in and put Bruce and I ashore in a motel for the night a very nice gesture.

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Log of the Yacht Magic Tuesday 06.04.2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Tuesday 06.04.2010

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Tuesday 06.04.2010  Alongside Wallis Marina Mooloolaba

0730 Breakfast ashore

08:45 Sailmaker arrived and commenced repairs.

10:50 Repairs completed and sailmaker's account settled at $650,  we started the motor and make for the fuel wharf

11.00 Took on 70ltrs of fuel and several cases of beer.  Some of which had to be returned as it didn't meet spec (it was light)

11:15 Departed fuel wharf;  7 PoB (Adam joined us in Mooloolaba.)

11:35  Departed seawall and set new course to 005ºM

15:30 Abeam Coolada Sand patch

POS 26º16'S 153º13'E

SOG 6.7kts

Set is 0.5kts setting 160ºM

Windspeed is 11kts T from 100ºM

Weather fine and sunny

Slight swell from the SE

Course to steer is 005ºM

16:30 

POS 26º09'S 153º15'E

SOG 7.0kts

Set is 0.6kts setting 227ºM

Windspeed 11kts from 100ºM

New course to steer is 350ºM

18:44 Off Double Island Point

POS 25º54'S  153º14'E

SOG 7.0kts

Set is 0.5kts setting 270ºM

Windspeed is 15kts from 120ºM

Nav lights on at 18:00 coloured deck lights and all round white at masthead.

Motor stopped at 18:30 after running for 7hrs

Hoisted full main and rolled out the #2 headsail.

Course to steer is 350ºM

22:00

POS 24º43'S  153º25'E (probably a recording error not my log entry)

Course is 000ºM

SOG 8.0kts

Windspeed 17kts from 108ºM

Ist reef in main and full #2 headsail

24:00

POS 24º59'S  153º26'E  Probably a recording  error (I was asleep)

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Log of the Yacht Magic Wednesday 07.04.2010

Log of the Yacht Magic Wednesday 07.04.2010

Message from paul@kerrigan.net:

Wednesday 07.04.2010  Under sail ;-POS recorded incorrectly but most likely 25º25;S 153º19'E according to track on Laptop (see note below)

02:00  Abeam Indian Head and can see the light at the top of Frazer Island

POS 24º57'S 15º:24'E

SOG 6.0kts

Windspeed 17kts from 122ºM

Course to steer 355ºM

In the last 7 hours an 15 minutes we seem to on my reckoning have been doing an average SOG of 8.02 kts.

The recording in the log at 22:00 hrs would suggest that we did 57 miles Northing in two hours... probably not in this boat!

The recording in the log at midnight 24:00hrs suggests we did 16 miles of Southing (perhaps we turned round in the night without noticing!!!  And the log recording at 0200hrs suggests that we did 3 miles of northing in the previous 2 hours!!!

I think I'll go with a typo in the log for 22:00 and 24:00hrs.  Six hours of mystery!

03:30 Almost abeam top of Frazer Island

POS 24º49'S 153º25'E

SOG 8.0Kts

Windspeed 17kts from 121ºM

Course to steer 355ºM

04:40 WP 21 missed by 1.7NM (Blew my top and gave a little lecture on waking me and watching course)

SOG 6.0kts

Windspeed 17kts from 120ºM

New course to steer 340ºM

Making for Sandy Cape

Reefed main and #2 headsail

07:30 Making for Breaksea Spit

POS 24º25'S 153º19'E

SOG 7.5kts

Windspeed 17kts from 171ºM

New course to steer 310ºM

Nav lights out.

08:10 Reaching past Lady Elliot Island

POS 24º22'S  153º15'E

Windspeed 20kts from 100ºM

New course to steer 320ºM

Fine sunny day, reefed Main and full #2

09:00 Abeam Breaksea Spit

Being set to the north and east.

New course to steer 310ºM

10:00 Breaksea Spit just abaft

Started motor to charge batteries and engaged prop at 1800 rpm

SOG 8.7kts

Windspeed 10kts from 104ºM

Course to steer 310ºM

12:30

 Following a discussion of the various possibilities we decide on the Curtin Channel as the most scenic and altered course to steer new course 250ºM.  This will takes us between Lady Elliot and Lady Musgrave Islands into the Curtis Channel.  Weather is overcast and rainy.  Motor on and stowed ALL SAILS.

13:15 Off the bottom of Lady Musgrave

POS 23º54'S  152º45'E (Made 30NM of Westing since 08:00 this morning)

SOG 7.0kts

Motoring in little wind and occasional rain

Cup of Soup for lunch

15:50 Passing South of Lady Musgrave Island at 1.5NM off.  Lots of fishing boats and one Navy Mineseeper.

POS 23º56'S 152º25'E (made another 20NM of Westing since 13.00hrs)

SOG 6.5kts

Windspeed 12kts from 115ºM

Motor sailing with headsail rolled out.

16:20 Passing South West of Lady Musgrave

POS 23º56'S  152º22'E  (made another  3NM of Westing since 15:50)

New course to steer 290ºM

18:30 Passing West of Boult Reef

POS 23:56'S  152:08'E

New course 280ºM

Being pushed NE by set 

Making for Rock Shoal

Beers and Gin and tonic were broken out for happy hour, now looking forward to dinner.

Nav lights on, coloured at deck and all-round white aloft.

19:00 Passing West of Fitzroy Reef

POS 23º48'S 152º06'E

New course to steer 270ºM

Moved WP 26 to West of Rock Cod Shoal.

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