Date/time: Feb 11, 2006 12:00 local Position at noon: 32°15' S & 113°49' E noon to noon: 136.4 nm Avg. speed: 5.7 kts Course bearing: 83°T Sea state & wx: SSE 28 kts, SE seas 13 feet, mostly cloudy Crew: Ben, Brad, & Kevin Days: 29 days from East London South Africa Goal: to fetch Fremantle Australia To go: GPS 98 nm Remarks: Wind still at 30 kts but seas not as bad as they could be. We can't see the underlying swell now but I'm sure its there and it keeps confusion in the seas and helps to keep them from growing any more. Brad & I went from Vancouver to Mexico in Oct, 2004 and back in April, 2005 and saw much greater seas at 35 kts. We were at 2 to 4 kts for 30 hours fighting head seas. We wanted experience and got some. We are looking forward to seeing some lights of Australia tonight. We haven't seen a ship for almost 3000 miles. This is a lovely, lonely, lively Ocean. A bright star comes up at 03:00 off the starboard bow and my first thought is that it is a ship. The moon is about full now but in its northerly orbit so we don't get as much as we might. Last night was the first clear night in some time. Sorry some are not getting this. I don't know what is wrong. Ben, Brad, & Kevin