Humpbacks!

4:00pm, Friday July 31st.

We're just off the coast of Taree, staying inshore a bit to avoid a southerly current. We have five on board: Lisa, Kim, Alistair, Michael and Geoff.

Wind is around 20 knots and the boat speed is around 10 knots. We vary between 9 and 14 knots with just the main and hedsail set.

We've been surrounded by humpback whales with one quite close.

We're (still) expecting to be in Brisbane by mid afternoon on Sunday.

Edit: These are not our photos, but gives you the idea...

A partial tour

If you haven't been onboard One O Nine, the following might give a small idea. She is very thoughtfully laid out with plenty of head room and space throughout.











Each cabin (there are 3 of them) has it's own en-suite and a queen size bed.

The galley is equiped with a 4 burner gas stove and oven, large fridge and freezer. Also for cooking is a stainless steel BBQ on deck. Cleverly, gas is available at the BBQ so that there is no need to carry additional gas bottles.

On deck, One O Nine is HUGE. With a 70 foot (21 metre) mast, and clean uncluttered decks, there's plenty of room for lounging about and enjoying the sunshine. One of the great features is the self tacking headsail. When tacking upwind, it is simply a matter of turning the wheel and the sails look after themselves!

Well that's about it for now. Just today left in Sydney and we will be off northward!
More posts soon!

Welcome!!!

Hi, and welcome to the One O Nine Blog! "One O Nine" is a Hanse 540e - 54 feet (16 metres) in length, with the "e" meaning that she is constructed from epoxy for lighter weight and greater strength. One O Nine is really just beginning her adventures and we are glad that you are interested in keeping in touch! We hope to include updated pictures, race results, crew photos, and much more so that you can be as much a part of the One O Nine journey as we are!

Over time, this site will update, improve and provide a huge range of information. Feel free to set up RSS feeds, or just drop in regularly to see what's happening onboard. Over the next few days we will take you on a virtual tour of One O Nine and then you can join us on a sail north along the east coast of Australia, from Sydney to Hamilton Iasland in the Whitsundays.