Longer one later

Position 0630 4th 4451 08150, trip 77, DMGDistance Made Good; More here 55 – very soft westerly, twin poledAn explanation from Malcolm: It is quite normal for a yacht to 'pole out' its jib (the foresail) on the opposite side of the boat to the mainsail when running downwind - this is called goosewinging'. A spinnaker pole is attached to the mast at one end and the back corner (clew) of the jib at the other. That holds the jib at the right angle so that it catches the wind. On Berri they've found that they can often get good performance and a comfortable ride by taking the mainsail right down and setting a second jib poled out on the opposite side to the first. all night – snailing it.

Pink Predictor – thanks – if you could hazard a guess at a waypointA fixed location with specified latitude and longtitude co-ordinates maintained by GPS to jump on the back of the distant low…my guess around 43S 095E ?

Dave J – likewise thanks – confirms our data.

Heggie, G'day!