It is now 7:15am and the sun has been up since 5:30am. Kate took the 3-6am watch and the skipper got some sleep. Conditions this morning are about the same. Light breeze from the W/SW at about 12k. We have the genoa out again and have throttled back somewhat to conserve fuel. We are making about 6-6.5k over ground on a course of 60M. This is slightly to the South of the rhumb line (the direct course to Noumea) but we want to keep South in case the SE trades come back before we arrive. After another day or so we will begin to turn a bit more Northerly to point to Noumea.

It is now 9:15am and conditions are the same. The weather is clear with clouds to the East and South. The temperature is rising and it looks like it will be a hot day. The sea is still a bit rough and confused with large swells from the SE maybe 8ft. The crew is, as expected, already exhausted. The down side of a 2 man crew. We find after 2 or 3 days our bodies adjust to the strange sleep patterns and we feel somewhat normal, but the first days are the hardest and exhaustion is common, for us anyway. We have approximately 630nm from Noumea. We are making about 6k over ground with 11kt of wind from the WSW.

At 3pm conditions remain the same. Rain showers were visible on the horizon to the South earlier this afternoon about 24nm away but have subsided. Wind remains light at 10kt from the West. Sometime in the last 6 hours we have passed beyond the Southern fowing current along the east coast of Australia. We now seem to be taking advantage of a favorable current and have picked up a good half knot or more. We have also continued to bring down the engine speed to conserve fuel, we are now running at about 1600rpm and making 6.5-6.8k over ground on a heading of 65M.

It is now 5pm and the sun has set. Conditions have not changed. Time for email!