Nautical Miles to go: 97
Today we finally got to turn the engine off and with about 10 knots of wind we hoisted up the spinnaker and started sailing with an average speed of about 3 knots. We've done our calculations and realize it will take an extra night for us to get to Kupang in the day light. The rally has warned us that it can be dangerous arriving at night due to misplaced navigation aids and local fishing boats and nets. This means that we can go slow and don't have to worry about getting in before night fall tomorrow. There are about seven other yachts with the same plan as us as we are now the back group in the fleet.....if only we had a 50ft catamaran we'd already be there!! We can't complain though as we've spent the day pretty relaxed and getting a few jobs done on the boat. In Darwin we brought a set of 54 photocopied charts for AUS$250 to take us all the way through to Thailand so I've been cutting and folding them and trying to figure out when we'll need them! Jimmy on the other hand has been trying to find space to cram the last of our Darwin supplies, the bilges are now full of diet cokes and all the cabinets are bursting but at least the boat looks 'reasonably' organized now!
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