40 Knot Winds and Heading East

06-Feb-2010

Overnight Jessica experienced the edge of the threatening front that has been lingering to the south of her for the past week, with the wind reaching over 4o knots. She has been sailing north to avoid this big front.

There was also another ship in close proximity overnight and Jessica made radio contact and had a pleasant conversation with the skipper.  

The wind has today dropped back to 25-30 knots, with Jessica about to head due east again, before heading south east. She is making good progress and is now approximately 1,650 nautical miles (nm) from the Cape of Good Hope.  

Jessica has now covered over 12,750 nm of her solo circumnavigation and based on the current proposed route, has approximately another 9,000nm to sail to reach her destination of Sydney Harbour.  

For those Sydneysiders following the voyage, Jessica was today on the same Latitude as Sydney at 33° 50'S.