Thomas jumped ship at Coffs yesterday as it was beginning to look a bit doubtful that we’d be able to get him back to Sydney for his return flight to Germany if he stayed on. After refuelling and picking up coffees and bacon & egg rolls we headed out again around 9am.

There was still very little wind and we motor-sailed, staying close in-shore to try and dodge the (Austrailan East Coast) current. After an overnight sail that saw us just off Cape Byron at day break, we pulled into Southport this afternoon. We received a warm welcome from Rooster and the crew at Marina Mirage and they gave us a great berth, just off the boardwalk.

It felt like we motored a lot between Coffs Harbour and Southport, but I found this video clip which seems to indicate we had a bit of breeze early evening on Wednesday… We were fairly hard on the wind, but that’s what Sunny Spells was designed to do best!