Hi all,
Yesterday we went for a remember sail for all the New leggers. We went into Freo harbour and practiced all the drills, tacking, gybing Man over baord etc. It was good to be on the water but I have to confess it was also nice to know we would be back for a beer! It was interesting to speculate how it would have been if we were to continue for another 19 days without stopping! I am a little, probably realistically apprehensive about the endurancce component to it all. The race so far has not had traditional weather, eg calm in the Southern ocean so I hope the hurricanes currently off the North of Australia twizzle off somewhere else! Our crew is in good spirits and we met this morning to do the final repairs and clean of the boat. We will find out which watch we are in tomorrow, pack our bags and have an early night before slipping at 10.00am on New years day. We race down the harbour before hitting the open sea. Apparently it is very narrow and with 10 biats jickeying for pole position it promises to be good fun!
I'm off to the hotel pool now for an hour or two. The temperature has cooled to 29degrees and still not a cloud.
Best wishes for a happy new year. Our race starts at about 1.00am your time so I will be a little busy! Will attempt to blog from boat but not sure if it will work.
Love to all
Kay
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