Dropping the mooring @ 4:45am we motored sailed for a couple of hours. The wind picked up to 15kn W, turned off the motor & enjoyed the peace, we had over 4hrs of sailing. As we neared Newcastle I was on watch, there were a few ships anchored and a couple heading in. I also spotted some water spouts ahead. I was a little concerned with one of the ships so I got Dean up from his rest and thought it would be a good time to slow down & enjoy the whales. They were within 50m of us what a sight.

We berthed at 1:30pm at NCYC.

56 nm, 9 hrs 10 mins, avg speed 6.14 kn, 15 kn W, total motor sailing 4 ½ hrs.

Sunrise on our way to Newcastle