Vessel Name: | Triffic |
Vessel Make/Model: | Corsair Sprint 750 |
Hailing Port: | Mandurah, Western Australia |
Today kicks of the summer racing season at MOFSC. Events are every Saturday (pretty much) starting at 1 or 2 pm
Wednesday found me in Bunbury for work, so I called into the Koombana Bay Sailing Club to see if anyone I knew was there. Luckily for me, Terry was just about to go out on Wayward, his 32' Catalina (Ken had already left on his trimaran). Despite coming a relaxed last, it was a lot of fun and definitely [...]
Today the GPS decides to work. It had to - I had just ordered a new antenna from the US. I have also installed a wind indicator on the top of the mast, probably something I wouldn't need if I had hair.
On our last day we made an early start north to have a final crack at reaching Big Lagoon. The wind was a beautiful 10 kn from the south-west giving us a direct and leisurely sail to our destination. Once again our progress was matched to our stomaches and we reached the lagoon shortly before lunch. [...]
The next 3 to 4 days excelled themselves in a steady stream of mild sunny days with the odd afternoon seabreeze. Apart from a few minor journeys out to deeper water for fishing (lots of mackerel) we did not do much sailing at all. Still it is very hard to complain and we visited the local sights and competed with each other to see who could do the most crosswords.