We made it down the south east coast of Australia to Eden. (Blog with some pics coming). Eden is the typical jumping off point to cross the infamous Bass Strait to Tasmania. Popularly infamous due to the Sydney-Hobart Race disaster that occurred a few decades ago. The race starts each year on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas. So the racers take what ever weather they get. For us and most cruisers you sit in Eden carefully watching the weather. This year the weather windows are short, changing every few days.
We left yesterday on the two day passage with our destination in Tasmania as Wineglass Bay, about halfway down the east coast.
Right now we are just about at the halfway point. Its been a mix of motor 6 hours, sail 4 hours for most of the trip. Hope to arrive tomorrow morning.
This evening we are now at about 40* south after a full day of sailing in light W to SW winds. That's the equivalent of being about 120 miles north of San Francisco but in the southern hemisphere.
current position can be seen here: http://www.farkwar.com/boats/georgia
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