My sometimes mid-foredeck from my baby bought himself a new toy…
Define stupidity…. 3 foredecks on a 7.8m over powered sports boat out for an afternoon wander with a carton, 15k of wind and a light air kite yet to be tested.
Now, I should have cottoned on when I spoke to the old man…. “I remember that bloody [...]
Got the camera back…. few pics that were on the cam to keep OG happy, maybe more to come off the memory card…
The little lady, Inglis 57…
This was just a quiet river race with tourists and I was allowed up the back of the boat cause I dislocated my shoulder the weekend before.
And the main [...]
Is awaiting pick up (in exchange for $180). Doing the happy dance!!! Lots of pics of eye candy (for the boys OG) and maybe a few boat pics/vidz as well coming to this space soon.
Didn’t race this weekend; got a call from the skip at 1330, “Where are you?”, (supposed to be on the boat at 1230) “F**k, F**K!!, ummm, errr, in bed!?”, “I’m on my way to your place.”. Call the other crew, “Where are you?”, “At home, didn’t hear from you this morning.”, “Good, sorry, next weekend.”. [...]
And the mistress is already into me for an update….
Final offshore weekend…
Well everyone (OceanOutlook, Seabreeze, BuoyWeather) was saying 4k of wind, only variation was shift times; BOM said 10-15 with a similar shift, BOM are never right, right? Stocked up on the normal pain killers didn’t bother with a 5th crew member and mentally prepared [...]
So yeah, inshore race, Farr 30.
Had the usual suspects (me, the boss, and the eye candy (his missus)) plus a skipper from the offshore series as crew. Now this guy is, by all reports and what I’ve seen, a bloody good skipper and sailor. Unfortunately this doesn’t extend to crew work; reinforced my general ban on skippers on foredeck unless [...]
Orange…
Has severly crushed their own 24 hour record having a crack at the eastwards Trans-Atlantic record.
Stood at 706 or something (who cares :)). They have been running for 42.5 hours at an AVERAGE of 31.3 knots, they’re averaging over 750 miles a day. Best 24 hour sked has been something like 760 miles but probably [...]
Started out in 8-12, had an absolute romper of a start except for words with some morons. Bit late in arrival, a quick run along the line, spin around and we’re lining up the start. Running the line with every coming up close hauled, all shouting up, no one really serious cause we were clear. [...]