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Friday, April 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Well the Halls Head Classic started in a nice strong easterly 20-25 knots and we were in our element. Unfortunately the breeze tapered from there on dropping to next to nothing and creating a bit of a lottery as to where to go or which shift to pick until the sea breeze could kick in. We rounded just in fornt of farrago at horse shoe reef only to be 30 minutes in front of them to peelhurst, and then they actually beat us over the line getting the benefit of the sea breeze before us. Over all it seemed that everyone sailed their own race in their own breeze. We had breeze from every direction of the compasss over the day. We sailed pretty much as well as we could in the conditions we faced and were pretty happy that we had done all we could but unfortunately others had a better selection suited to their boats.
Saturday night was a great night with one of those balmy evenings greeting all the yachts from perth into mandurah. Joe Cammilleri playing on the shore in the background , the crab fest was on with loads of people in town and the fireworks display at 9 pm a rather special one.
Sunday started again with a good easterly only to fade to nothing so the play of the day was to start the motor and empty the fridge instead while taking the boat back to Mandurah. After that it apparently gets a bit blurry so I cannot expand.
So this almost brings to a close one magnificent journey on a yacht that continues to impress its crew with the flexibility abilities that continues to win accolades of many sorts. It's now time for the crew to step up a level to the new boat and on a sad note leave This Way Up to a new enthusiastic owner yet to be identified.
This will also bring to a close this blog site with future postings on Charlottes Web ----> follow link.
http://charlotteswebmarten49.blogspot.com/
THIS WAY UP for sale advert soon to grace these pages
Saturday night was a great night with one of those balmy evenings greeting all the yachts from perth into mandurah. Joe Cammilleri playing on the shore in the background , the crab fest was on with loads of people in town and the fireworks display at 9 pm a rather special one.
Sunday started again with a good easterly only to fade to nothing so the play of the day was to start the motor and empty the fridge instead while taking the boat back to Mandurah. After that it apparently gets a bit blurry so I cannot expand.
So this almost brings to a close one magnificent journey on a yacht that continues to impress its crew with the flexibility abilities that continues to win accolades of many sorts. It's now time for the crew to step up a level to the new boat and on a sad note leave This Way Up to a new enthusiastic owner yet to be identified.
This will also bring to a close this blog site with future postings on Charlottes Web ----> follow link.
http://charlotteswebmarten49.blogspot.com/
THIS WAY UP for sale advert soon to grace these pages
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