Jan 12, 2005 - 1800hrs | 45’11”S 154’06”E. 343nm 5.2knts

sunshine and tschnicolour. just a position report. pottering along at 5 knots with the orange storm jibA very small jib, usually made from bright orange material, used in storm conditions. and #5 goosewinged. safe and easy and should be ok for the forecast winds but slower than we could go. Steve, could you please tell brian shillandShilland, Brian: much-lauded sailmaker for Berri that the cut down #1 he made for us works really well as a running sail. we had it up this arvAfternoon with the 5 on the twin poles and were getting up to 10kts in conditions where any sort of kiteSailors’ slang for a spinnaker would be impossible. took it off when spreader height waves started to break over the stern. fun though. what sort of trivia would all y’all like us to report? else i’ll just keep drivelling on. pete says hi and thanks for all his messages. he’s beginning to look a bit scruffy.