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  1. Speed: 3kts Miles2Go: 313nm 24Hr Run: 51nm Status: En route to Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn about 10 hours ago from API
  2. Trying to maintain latitude so as not get be in the center of a forecast cold front... 269nm to Brisbane, 313nm to Coffs Harbour about 10 hours ago from API
  3. A grand discovery! Microwave popcorn made in a pressure cooker. Why haven't I been doing this for the last 2 years? 6:02 PM Nov 13th from API
  4. La la la... Slowly sailing west... It's a nice calm morning at sea. 390nm to go. 11:48 AM Nov 13th from API
  5. Speed: 1.9kts Miles2Go: 442nm 24Hr Run: 110nm Status: Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 12:11 PM Nov 12th from API
  6. I think this is the part in the voyage where I bob around and go nowhere for a week... I might have to eat the horses. 3:32 PM Nov 11th from API
  7. New blogpost: Next stop Coffs Harbour http://bit.ly/23aCBr 12:33 AM Nov 11th from twitterfeed
  8. Sorry Brisbane-Redirecting to Coffs Harbour... Saw a waterspout form yesterday, and promptly sailed in the opposite direction. 11:32 AM Nov 10th from API
  9. Speed: 4.8kts Miles2Go: 581nm 24Hr Run: 110nm Status: Coffs Harbour.. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 11:32 AM Nov 10th from API
  10. Almost back under full sail... It's noticeably colder at these latitudes. No more land till Australia. 3:05 PM Nov 9th from API
  11. Speed: 3.5kts Miles2Go: 710nm 24Hr Run: 60nm Status: En route to Brisbane. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 4:37 PM Nov 8th from API
  12. Hove-to last night, 30-40kts of wind. Moving again today but heavily reefed and slow going in the swell... 4:37 PM Nov 8th from API
  13. 160nm south of New Caledoina, checking with weather gurus to make sure I can jump across to Oz without stopping there. 10:52 AM Nov 7th from API
  14. Bumpy sailing. Surfing down waves, reefed in and going fast. 180nm from New Caledonia 9:18 PM Nov 6th from API
  15. Speed: 5.5kts Miles2Go: 881nm 24Hr Run: 128nm Status: En route to Brisbane. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 11:57 AM Nov 6th from API
  16. New Caledonia is 260nm away... French wine 11:31 AM Nov 5th from API
  17. Speed: 4kts Miles2Go: 1123nm 24Hr Run: 92nm Status: En route to Brisbane. Position: http://s2t.me/bigocn 11:37 AM Nov 4th from API
  18. Estimates (thanks Tony!) show Jessica Watson and I passed each other by about 60nm 11:37 AM Nov 4th from API
  19. Huge moon and not a cloud in the sky last night. 443nm from New Caledonia 10:00 AM Nov 3rd from API
  20. New blogpost: Australia is on my chart http://bit.ly/LwZTr 11:06 PM Nov 2nd from twitterfeed
  • Name Nick Jaffe
  • Location Somewhere in the Pacific
  • Web http://www.bigoce...
  • Bio Sailing solo from Europe to Australia via the Atlantic, Rocky Mountains and Pacific ocean.
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