Not much to report from Rusalka today. More light winds and calm seas. They finally turned the engine off again at 1pm today and are doing 6kt under full main and genoa.
At 12:30 the position report read:
Position 410 17.3 S, 1620 47.5 E
In the last 24 hours: Log distance 140nm, distance made good to Cape Farewell 139nm
I asked Alex what they do while they’re on watch in these benign conditions. The answer: “Read magazines, look at the sea, check batteries, lots of things I can't think of. Andrew is working the HF quite a bit. Texting. Bill reads his kindle and watches the sea. Always checking weather. Filling in the log. There are a variety of birds - and Bill's suggestion we should have a bird book on board is spot on. We saw pod dolphins a couple of days ago. We talk and chat. Prepare meals, sandwiches. Worry about fuel. Lots of things going on and to do.” “We haven't seen a single other vessel. We hear NSW coast marine VHF a lot - a quirk of ionospheric radio waves bouncing.”
