The sail over was with the best weather rally organiser Guy Chester has ever seen in the Coral Sea. Winds averaged 15-20 knots for the first two days, then slightly less for the rest of the trip.
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| Heading into Grafton Passage |
I suffered from seasickness on the first 2 days along with many others but Guy reminded us “The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is your attitude”! My queasiness wasn't helped by salt water getting into our water tank through the breather holes. We drank our emergency bottled water once we realised there was a problem. Seawind 1250 Wind of Change suffered the same fate!
Phase2 and several other boats flew spinnakers during the day as the winds went south in the second half of the trip. We encountered several cargo ships as we neared the Louisiades as all ships going between Australia and most of Asia go through the nearby Jomard Entrance. We called any close ones (including the 3 below) to advise of our intentions. Wind of Change can also be seen on the plotter.
We put in a double reef to be safe the first 2 nights but had to motor sail the last night in light winds to ensure we got to the Duchateau islands in daylight so we could see the reefs. We knew we needed to maintain a 7 knot average to arrive in daylight of the 4th day.
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| Sunset, day 2 |
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