Showers and no wind predicted, glorious sunshine and a decent SSE instead! The usual suspects joined me, Nick, Bushy, Stu, and newbie John "shipping channel" Demol looking like a veteran
Patchy 15 knots, SR 140 + Gator 6.5 + Supercruiser, never powered enough to climb upwind but fantastic day out
"shipping channel" ?
They always seemed to hold some sort of an attraction way out there on the horizon. First to turn back is the loser. John's still winning?
( Anyway good that you're keeping us up to date on goings on in the good old Illawarra.)
The exuberance of youth!
I did long offshore runs because my gybing is rubbish ... John does them just because he can ...
This pic shows you the reality of where his gybe mark sits
