Day 6 (Auguste 29th) - happy birthday Peter!

With almost no moon last night was very dark. But who needs light anyways - when there are at least a couple of stars which work just perfectly as reference points helping to keep the boat on course. What a beautiful way to steer the boat..of course it would be even more romantic if we were actually sailing ..and there was not this little detail of a constantly running engine ; ) ..anyway - then came the sun again! - and the captains birthday started with a drastic wind-shift to the south-south-west, freshly baked bread (this time not burned!) and to celebrate the day - our one and only pineapple! Nonetheless the increasing breeze - Quickstar was struggling to make head ways - while we were struggling to hold on tight. Due to the wind shift waves and current seamed to be fighting each other creating messy, choppy seas which caused us to "hobby horse" barely making 6kts(and still running the engine). But hey - we gained an hour! and soon the current will be pushing us - so no worries - we will be in Coffs Harbour tomorrow early afternoon ; )
enjoying a little celebration drink we look forward to our Birthday dinner!
2pm and ONLY 136nm to AUSTRALIA!