Another day, another solid chunk of miles covered. There's not a whole lot to report, which, as I've mentioned before, is generally a good thing. The highlight of the day, really, is that the weather forecasts are just getting better and better. The chances of encountering headwinds are diminishing, and even if we do get a bit of a headwind, it's not going to last long. All three models are now predicting that the wind will swing around to the southeast this evening for the final push into Brisbane. That's definitely good news.
The only event of any real significance was the return of one of the feathery idiots. I'm pretty sure it's the same one as before; it seemed a bit too comfortable, a bit too confident. It was perched on the lifelines, naturally facing outwards, which meant the business end was pointing inwards. To avoid any more scrubbing than absolutely necessary this morning, I decided to give him a poke in the… well, let's just say the rear end, with the business end of the boat hook.
He didn't even flinch. Just gave me an angry quack. Perhaps it was offended that I'd misgendered it. In these enlightened times, you never know. A more forceful "shoo" accompanied by a wack on the head finally persuaded them/it to move on before any… deposits were made.
Border Force have all been notified of our arrival, our paperwork has been submitted, and so far, we haven't been singled out for any tariffs, unlike some islands of penguins who apparently weren't so fortunate. We've had enough of free-loading tuxedo-wearing penguins, and a 30% tax is too good for them; we should make it bigly. Send them back to where they came from!
So, all in all, a productive and relatively uneventful day. Let's hope the weather models hold true, and we can make a smooth, headwind-free run into Brisbane. I was looking at some of the old weather maps and one from the 27th has us beating into 30knts of westerly and another from the 28th has a low heading west accross the Coral sea straight for Brisbane so I am pretty happy with the way thhings have gone so far.
