A big Southly, the kind that's all too familiar to us Tasmanians, has flogged the fleet as it heads outta the heads.
We have about 27-30knots on the nose, a true 180 degree southerly.
Loyal has busted a headsail and limit, it seems, has taken a dig back to the startline (headsail damage maybe)
And of course, Warrington's Etihad Stadium didn't make it outta the heads.
It's all white water, big waves, there are massive thuds overhead.
The keel is groaning under me as I speak.
It's all bums on the rail and heads out...should never have worn mascara to sea!
We're heading S/E with the plan to hook into a good currant to drive YuuZoo on home to Tassie!
Gotta love it!
Absolutely amazing stuff.
The crew are soaked already but ya wouldn't be anywhere else would you!
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Hi Danielle, Good luck with the sail, hope it's not too cold and rough tonight as you head down the NSW coast. Very annoyed with the TV coverage today as they only concentrated on Wild Oats and the Channel 7 boat grrrrr. Will look forward to reading your posts and watching the videos. Cheers and stay warm,
ReplyDeleteDanielle Grant (Savcor). Tell Ludde I still have his reading glasses (had them, but forgot to give them to him on Tuesday's sail) but don't expect he'll need them for a little while!!