Our congratulations and a big Welcome to Ian and his crew on Wild Honey. This Hanse 430e sailed into Australian waters for the first time and crossed the Wide Bay Bar to arrive safetly home in Mooloolaba last month after a two year voyage from the Hanse Factory in Germany.
Below is Ian's last entry into the log.

Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 6:34 AM
Subject: Nearly there


> Well we thought we were going really well until last night. We've had
> positive current with us most of the way across from Noumea and then
> suddenly, just South of Cato Is, it went negative big time - 2 knots
> against us.
>
> Anyway, this morning it's dropping off to about half a knot negative so
> that's not too bad.
>
> Currently we're just over 100 miles ENE of Sandy Cape and still expect to
> reach Bundy early tomorrow morning.
>
> Otherwise, conditions at the moment are very pleasant - motor sailing at 7
> knots in calm seas with about 6 knots of breeze.
>
> We have just run out of fish from the last Mahi Mahi we caught and are
> pondering whether to pop the line over again to get another but they're so
> big out here we are not going to be able to eat much of it before
> Quarantine takes all of our remaining fresh food off us in Bundy so it
> might be a shame to waste it.
>
> Billy has been making fresh bread for us daily since Tahiti and has been
> slowly refining his technique until now it's as good as you'll get at the
> bakery. Consequently, with as much fresh fish as we can eat and the daily
> fresh bread, life hasn't been all that bad despite some less than average
> weather at times since we left French Polynesia.
>
> In any event, we are enjoying this last little leg back to Oz. It's been a
> long but pleasurable haul all the way from Marmaris and it wouldn't have
> been possible without the two Petes who braved the freezing Med crossing
> with me, Glenn from Alicante to Tahiti, Billy from Tahiti to Mooloolaba
> and most of all, Dave who has stuck with me all the way from Alicante to
> Bundy. Thanks boys, you've made a life long dream come true for me.
>
> This will be the last little memo you'll get from me so thank you everyone
> for all the Emails we have been getting along the way. It is quite an
> event for us out here when we are in the middle of a passage, to receive
> Emails from home with all the news.
>
> Cheers and best wishes to all,
> Ian
>



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