We left mackay on Monday night at 2130 so we could use the north running tide heading to Airlie beach,breeze stared out at about 15 knots and slowly built to around 30 knots.
Full main ,full headsail , wind on around 120 degrees and we were off ,boat speed sitting solid on 14 knots with a max speed of 17.5 knots ,I was thinking this is what she was built for!!
Lou and the kids were all tucked up in bed all nice and warm
And I was having an awesome time.
All was good untill about 0300 when the auto pilot tripped out and she took off across the wave slowly rounding up and as I could not get to the pilot link quick enough all I could do was grab the wheel and give a good yank on it to correct the course.
Only damage was that I blew the auto pilot apart on the shaft.
Oh well I would have to hand steer the rest of the way(had a ball)and we were smoking along chewing up the miles!
Arrived at Airlie beach at 0430 out side the Whitsunday sailing club .
Wish all the runs could be so much fun!