I think the pretend one will suit us better

I have organised for it to be slipped, washed and surveyed on Friday so we will se what eventuates with that and afterwards we will take it for a motor and a sail

Regards Don

Congratulations.

Double post

Regards Don

I had a feeling that you would soon became Sailmaster 845 owner, it is a nice boat. Congratulations.

We had our first race in the new boat yesterday, had lots of fun and didn't manage to sink anything so all in all it was a good day







Regards Don

Supersonic27 said..

Nice shots Don, looks like you had a nice day!

Thanks for posting. Rainy and storms up here, so no sailing for me!
Rick

Hi Supersonic

The weather has been nice for the last few days and on Saturday for the race the predicted 8 knots ended up being around 16 knots with gusts in the low 20's as the afternoon wore on so it turned out to be a beaut day for a sail

Regards Don

Yes I remember a very icy blast coming up the Derwent 1997, We went from a 1/2 ounce chute to a No3 and a reef in about 15 minutes! Also had snow on Mt Wellington, this is on New Years eve!

Hi Dave

Thanks for that

I think she is a nice looking boat (in a tradition way) as well in and out of the water and she sails quite nicely too

On the weekend the Huon club decided to get all of us who crew on other people's boats (wreck their gear instead of our own) in the racing season to race our own boats around the bay with the normal top skippers from the race boats as crew

We had a heap of fun and it was as competitive as the normal races we sail in

In the races I came in second (about a minute behind over a 35 minute course) to a Catalina 309 that is only a couple of years old, about 4 foot longer and around 2 ton lighter than Aqua Fae so I was pretty happy with how she went

When I bought this boat I was kind of regretting the decision to go up to a larger boat than the Spacesailer 20 (that I still have) but the more time I spend on her the more I am glad we bought her

Regards Don