Adventures of Banyandah: Streaking for Streaky Bay

9:29 PM Mon 28 Feb 2011 GMT

'Banyandah route' . Click Here to view large photo

Jack and Jude Binder are circumnavigating Australia on their yacht Banyandah, and they are currently sailing along the southern coastline of Australia, getting nearer to their crossing of the Great Australian Bight. Here they take us with them for part of their adventurous way, heading for Streaky Bay in South Australia: Day 1: I am writing from Williams Island just south of Thorny Passage where Matthew Flinders, the first sailor to circumnavigate Australia and chart its coastline, lost eight men in 1802. It's blowing 30 knots and Jude and I are hunkered down for a rocky rolly night, then we'll ...

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by Jack Binder