Current position is 26 35'7 and 153 43'0
We spent over six hours in the morning simply drifting without sails due to, yup, you guessed it, no winds. However, suddenly we started feeling a little breeze and, before we knew it, there were white caps on the water and white caps meant wind and wind meant SAILING.
So, for the rest of the day, we were able to pull out all our canvas and move along at 6 or 7 knots; what a fabulous feeling.
It's now three in the morning, the winds have slowed down but we're still moving along at about 3 to 4 knots which means that we'll be at the entrance to Morton Bay sometime mid morning (Saturday). The quarantine docks are apparently about 40 nm from there so we'll have to find a way to waste a day and a half out in the bay somehow. Paul' hoping to find some spot where we can safely drop anchor and sit it out.
Fuel is still a bit of an issue as, although Paul found the source of the major leak, it appears that we still have another, possibly in the return system which is inaccessible without tearing out a cupboard. We just pray we have enough to get us to quarantine and then on up to the city.
However, as I sit on watch now, I can see the lights of Brisbane on the horizon which means that we're actually finally getting somewhere. Hallelujah.
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