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In the Teeth of the Current
We'd gained firsthand experience with the East Australia Current (EAC) six weeks earlier,
having made landfall midway along the coast in Coffs Harbour, then sailed south to
Sydney. We had observed the south-setting current race at three or more knots and knew its
effects can be felt well offshore. The tricky thing is that the EAC is not a simple one-way
flow but a series of eddies that are constantly in flux. Generally, the south-setting current
stretches about 250 NM offshore, but there are patches and even entire corridors of north-
setting current in between. The chances of catching a north-setting ride are also good on the
eastern side of the EAC, especially once you get 150 NM or so offshore.
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