Nov 16, 2005 – 0630hrs UTC

0630hrs 16 Nov 2005 UTC 45’04”S 065’39”E Ref 558

4504 6539 16/0630. becalmed, bemused, benign, marooned upon the balham line – or something like that -i’m sure peter sellers fans will correct me. what a pain. but i do think we have the nice knot-- Speed: definition of speed at sea. One knot is one nautical mile per hour. The nautical mile is about 1.15 % longer than the "statute" mile used on land. A knot is about half a metre per second. -- A knot is also the result of winding a rope around itself or another rope to make a join or a loop . of current sent to us by csiroCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in hobart – thanks guys and come and find us and claim a beer or two.

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db: dmgDistance Made Good; More here 87, gps 112, margin 476-33=443 day 88, 41 to start. margin beginning to slip away – becalmed still, no sign of wind. gales preferable. pse tell caro we’ll be listening, wxShort for ‘weather’ permitting.