Spinnaker sailing
19 April 2010 | Newcastle
David and Andrea
We needed to have some touch up work done, and also we needed an excuse to go sailing offshore. So Friday evening saw Diomedea slide out of the harbour before setting the big sexy assy for the passage north to Pittwater. We arrived in Coasters after dark, having to motor the last few miles in the last dregs of breeze. A leisurely Saturday brekky then north again. The forecast was for southerly swinging east so we again had the assy up and soon found ourselves miles out to sea. Rather than gybe we ran wing in wing. By 3pm the breeze had faltered so it was back to the diesel for the last little bit. The easterly change came at about 4.30pm, far too late and too little.
Newcastle was stunning in diamond twilight. Almost a second home to us now.
See the pix in Coastal Cruising album.