A few pics of the island, and our house for race week - or the gates at least!
August 9, 2009
August 7, 2009
Made it!
Hi everyone,
We arrived into Hamilton Island about 2.30 this morning. So some vital statistics...
Max speed - 15.6 knots - achieved by Robert, downwind in 18 knots with the red spinnaker and full main sail.
Average speed - Brisbane to Hamilton 8.2 knots. The last 40 hours to arrival at Hamilton 9.5 knots.
Damage, breakage, injuries - None. Just a bit of routine maintenance and we are ready for race week - bring it on!
The trip up from Brisbane started with the wind on the nose and motor sailing across Moreton Bay for what seemed like an eternity. Winds were light and variable right up to Fraser Island. Once there, we decided to sail for the remainder of the trip (however long that would take!). The Fraser coast took an entire day (about 20 hours) to get past, but to ease the pain, fresh fish was on the dinner menu!
Once past Fraser, the SE trade winds began to kick in, and One O Nine took off! (see statistics above). The photos might give a bit of an idea of the past few days. For now, a sleep, clean up, a few small jobs and prepare for the biggest week in the Hamilton Island calender...
We arrived into Hamilton Island about 2.30 this morning. So some vital statistics...
Max speed - 15.6 knots - achieved by Robert, downwind in 18 knots with the red spinnaker and full main sail.
Average speed - Brisbane to Hamilton 8.2 knots. The last 40 hours to arrival at Hamilton 9.5 knots.
Damage, breakage, injuries - None. Just a bit of routine maintenance and we are ready for race week - bring it on!
The trip up from Brisbane started with the wind on the nose and motor sailing across Moreton Bay for what seemed like an eternity. Winds were light and variable right up to Fraser Island. Once there, we decided to sail for the remainder of the trip (however long that would take!). The Fraser coast took an entire day (about 20 hours) to get past, but to ease the pain, fresh fish was on the dinner menu!
Once past Fraser, the SE trade winds began to kick in, and One O Nine took off! (see statistics above). The photos might give a bit of an idea of the past few days. For now, a sleep, clean up, a few small jobs and prepare for the biggest week in the Hamilton Island calender...
August 5, 2009
Gladstone
1:00pm Wednesday August 5th.
We're just off Gladstone. Everything is going great, no problems.
We've seen many more whales - they basically ignore us and carry on with their business. We've also had a dolphin playing ahead of the bow.
If the wind keeps up we should arrive at Hamilton Island, our destination, on Thursday night or Friday morning. We'll post more information, photos, etc once we get there. Stay tuned.
We're just off Gladstone. Everything is going great, no problems.
We've seen many more whales - they basically ignore us and carry on with their business. We've also had a dolphin playing ahead of the bow.
If the wind keeps up we should arrive at Hamilton Island, our destination, on Thursday night or Friday morning. We'll post more information, photos, etc once we get there. Stay tuned.
August 3, 2009
Leaving Brisbane
Left Dockside Marina at 2.30pm. Heading to Hamilton (530 n miles). Weather still looking great.
August 2, 2009
Brisbane
We've arrived in Brisbane and are looking forward to a reasonably flat night's sleep.
The wind eased more and more during the last day so a lot of motor sailing today. We came into Moreton Bay via "South Passage", to the south of Moreton Island. A bit of a short cut, but difficult to pick the safe channel! We will upload some pictures from the NSW coast in the morning, but for now some sleep is essential. Tomorrow (Monday) we'll be off for the 2nd half - just Robert Kim and Geoff for the next part. Chat to you more soon.
The wind eased more and more during the last day so a lot of motor sailing today. We came into Moreton Bay via "South Passage", to the south of Moreton Island. A bit of a short cut, but difficult to pick the safe channel! We will upload some pictures from the NSW coast in the morning, but for now some sleep is essential. Tomorrow (Monday) we'll be off for the 2nd half - just Robert Kim and Geoff for the next part. Chat to you more soon.
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