Not ideal conditions for the Pogo. Even my little S and S 34 might have been able to keep you in sight.

Hi Andy,
Your S & S would horizon me!

Hi Crusty,
I had a weak moment and bent to my cruiser mode, so I added.....a swim ladder!

Well done you.

Hi Parkster

You have to love Tassie weather

Yesterday the forecast down here was a maximum of 12 degrees, showers and only about 5 knots of breeze so it didn't look much good for sailing

Yesterday morning was bright and sunny, felt warmer than 12 degrees with a light breeze blowing but we had a couple of things to do so couldn't go out

Around lunch time conditions were much the same so i called a mate and asked him if he was interested in going for a sail and he was keen but had to be back at the mooring at 3.30 so we set off down the river for a couple of hours

Half a hour later it started to rain, the wind died and we sat in the middle of the river getting wet, cold and going nowhere

Shortly after the wind picked up to probably 8 knots and we had about 10 minutes of good sailing until once again the wind died to nothing

Started the engine and motored 30 mins back up the river, dropped the sails and picked up the mooring and packed her away just as the clouds cleared, the sun came out and the wind picked up

Even with the cold weather, rain and lack of wind it was still nice to be out on the water

Regards Don

Parkster said..
Brought 'Soliloque of Searle' back home to York Cove left Seaport Launceston at 6am in the dark not much fun in 3degrees and thick fog for 45 nautical miles

You purchased that Cabin heater yet Parkster? Id put a set of deck fog lights on the list also

wrong thread sorry I accidently posted in the wrong thread

Hi Don,
Yes mate, the spinnaker is a snuffer, haul in the sheet, blow the tackline and it snuffs pretty easily. You can do it single handed. The gennaker by comparison is a furler.

Not a breath of wind capt_newmo

Finally, a chance to get Fusion out in a bit of breeze today. It was blowing 25 knots whilst at the dock, so we set two reefs in the main, and a reef in the staysail just to be cautious. Turned out we were underpowered, but we had gusts over 40knots true, and hardly anything below 30 for a couple of hours.
Great fun, but a loose main sheet wrapped itself around a wheel, the boom came across and kiss goodbye the wheel. That's heavy air sailing for you!
Great day.
Edit: the Selkie on the helm in 30 knots making it look easy!



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Taken in a girlie moment when I didn't have to hang on just to sit at the chart table!
Note the performance against polars, 101%..woohoo!
The best against polars I saw was 104% at about 12 knots boat speed. I would have loved to check when we were doing 14's plus, but my 9yr old was distracting me as she bounced around the cabin

Hi Guys,
Short video from our sail on Moreton Bay on Sunday, hope you like it!

NowandZen said..
Climbed Mutton Bird Rock Coffs Harbour.
Thats' Now&Zen all by itself between the old jetty and the Marina breakwall LHS of picture.
We got in at 2100hrs after a very cloudy and windy day, having left Port MacQuarie at 0830hrs. We had the intention of anchoring overnight at Trial Bay,
but it was too windy from the North West and not looking like easing over night.

You did the right thing as far as Trail Bay is concerned as you would have been on a Lee shore

How did you survive the storm in Coffs Marina?

You could water ski behind that Shaggy

lydia said..
HG02, the plan is to get 4 good drivers and 2 good bowman go out to Cape Moreton and wait for the next good westerly gale.
Set up on starboard gybe and blast out into the Tasman, current assisted, and see how close you get to 400 miles before 24 hours is up.
Shaggy just doesn't know we are borrowing the boat for a few days soon.

Somehow I can't see the Shagster's boat surviving for too long in conditions required to do a 400nm/day run.
Maybe you need to hunt down Beowulf and try with that, Steve and Linda Dashew got very close, I don't know if they managed it.

LooseChange said..

lydia said..
HG02, the plan is to get 4 good drivers and 2 good bowman go out to Cape Moreton and wait for the next good westerly gale.
Set up on starboard gybe and blast out into the Tasman, current assisted, and see how close you get to 400 miles before 24 hours is up.
Shaggy just doesn't know we are borrowing the boat for a few days soon.

Somehow I can't see the Shagster's boat surviving for too long in conditions required to do a 400nm/day run.
Maybe you need to hunt down Beowulf and try with that, Steve and Linda Dashew got very close, I don't know if they managed it.

Geez Loose, that's a bit harsh.
The 12.50 shares the same hull as a Class 40. Vacuum infused, 26mm thick.
Structures have never lost a rig on a 40 or 12.50, and they're all CF.
A 12.50 did a 2700nm cruising race in 10 days 20 hours.
Lots of reports of sustained 20+ knot runs.
A 12.50 did the North West Passage, and the only change was kevlar re-enforcing on the rudders. www.mirandamerron.com/the-beautiful-north/

I spent two years research and spoke to builders all over the world to build the toughest, comfortable and yet still quick 40'ftr boat I could find.
Why wouldn't it survive a 400nm attempt?