Laura's Birthday

Dear all,

Today we have been celebrating Laura's' birthday. When the realisation that
we would be at sea and not in Australia dawned upon her, we all smiled and
said it would be lovely, wind behind us, sun shining etc. In fact we have
the sun shining but we also have 20-25 knots of wind, on a port fetch, with
the occasional wave jumping into the cockpit.
However, She has been surprised by the number of birthday cards she has
received from home (thanks mum) courtesy of "mail Alan and Margaret" and of
the videos from her
friends at home. Margaret went to the effort of baking a cake whilst heeled
over to some stupid angle and Stu let Laura have an extra couple of hours in
bed rather than having to get up at 4am!!

We have less than 24 hours to go, just about 60 miles to the reef pass
(Grafton Pass), so hopefully we will be there some time tomorrow,
afternoon/evening all depends on the wind.

We had two birds take a ride on the boat for a rest last night, they looked
exhausted. Very impressed how they could land on the spinnaker pole in low
light levels whilst Ocean Lady is jumping over waves! Even more impressive
was there mate who landed on the top of the mast the other day!

Our noon position was:
Lat -15 48S - Long - 148 21E

Hope everybody at home is well,

Lots of Love,

Ocean Lady