Heading Down Under

Our current position is: 22 54 5S and 16 165 02 2E

Winds are a screaming 5 knots which means that we're managing about 2 knots, not exactly setting a roaring pace. However, it is rather nice out here and despite the lack of wind, I'd rather have this than what we experienced coming out of Fiji.

After fueling up in Noumea, we sailed over to a little island to wait a day or two and to see if Troutbridge could also get ready to leave but managed to lose 20 gallons of our precious new diesel due to a leaking connection. We're not desperate, but it just means that we'll have to put up with our wallowing in light winds longer before we succumb to the iron jenny.

Troutbridge did manage to get his few issues sorted and left with us in the morning but we agreed that we wouldn't hang back for a repeat of the previous passage. We had already lost contact with him by the first evening but he may well motor which means that he could catch up with us later on today.