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Topic: Vegie garden 1436hrs 28 Jan 2005.(SYD time) 47’41”S 172’31”E. Map Ref 31 1261nm It seems we may be able to wave goodbye to NZ. We are running along 4740S waiting for SarauYacht with which Berri had a rendezvous at sea to catch up. I think it will take them about 22-24 hours … 2341hrs 07 Feb 2005 UTC 47’05”S 155’08”W Map Ref 51 2618nm Specially lumpy night – 25-30kt all night and we are now getting a SW swell of about 8 – 10 metres with something like a 200 m wavelength so it’s not too vicious when they come singly. Standing at … 0015hrs 19 Feb 2005 UTC 45’49”S 126’30”W Map Ref 70 3930nm And so it came to pass. Calm windless silence that pounds your ears, then fluffy darkness, muffled rain, slight roll, plus all the usual little noises in Berri’s vocab, mostly irritants like a Sikaflex tube rolling in its shelf … Somewhere in Australian literature there’s a book or story called “Call me when the Cross turns over”. This would be obscure today to most Australians, I expect, because to appreciate just how the Cross does turn over, you need a horizon and a clear view of most of the sky. It’s very obvious from here … |
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