Passion for Cruising

Early start 05.45 - pitch black. Very little wind but soon increased to a lovely 12-15knots SSE - dead astern. So up went the 135 m2 masthead spinnaker. WOW what a great sight it made, we were soon doing 6-7knots - a sleigh ride. Sasha the Brady cay sailing about 3 miles away called us to say how fantastic it looked. The swells were running at 1 -1.5 metres and we started to surf.
At 2 pm the forecast seabreeze came in at 20 knots from the NE - interesting. We were off at 11.5 knots and down some of the bigger waves even faster. Of course the next problem is getting it down as we are fast approaching the turning point into the anchorage at Mullet Bay....with both motors running, ease the halyard bring in the leaward sheet, let the windward sheet fly - Stuart is wearing gloves lying on his back on the trampoline hauling the sock down - I hold my breath - yes a textbook douse - seemed forever but in a few minutes the beast is caged and down on the foredeck. Turned the corner and motored into the big waves for twenty minutes - suddenly at 300 metres out from the beach the reef appeared. Back off drop anchor in sand at 4 pm. Sasha and Hybreasail (39' Schionning) anchor alongside 30 minutes later. We had a communal BBQ aboard Truest Passion - great company.