I deliberately stayed up to witness the crossing of the 1000 nautical mile mark to Fremantle. It happened at 1615 UTC yesterday, in the middle of the night. I cracked open the last bottle of brandy and had a short drink to mark the occasion. The last 1000 miles had been tough ones and I was very glad to have reached the beginning of the home stretch.
I did some calculations and came up with an ETA at Fremantle of between 29 April and 1 May, depending on assumptions of 80, 90, or 100 miles per day. This would put me outside of the marina and if I arrived late I would need one more day to make the entry. This was nicely within the ETA range of 27 April to 3 May that I had made from the half way mark on 2 April.
The morning was chilly but the sky was fairly clear and I enjoyed the best sunshine in seemingly weeks. The wind had lightened but the boat kept ambling along.
The noon numbers were good:
POS: 38S15, 98E31
NND: 116 nm
DMG: 3906 nm
DTG: 926 nm
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What good news that you are very glad to have reached the beginning of the home stretch to Fremantle.
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