ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Nice bit of seamanship GB. Tom
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You live in a truly beautiful part of the planet.

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Thanks BarraMan, Tom and Fuzz. :D

Yesterday we worked our way up to Big Woody Island, the start of today's exhilerating sailing some 45 nautical miles north west to Burnett Heads - see track image below.

Exhilerating because the wind forecast was for 15 to 20 knots from the south west - i.e directly across our beam as we tracked north west. And exhilerating it tured out to be.

For nearly six hours Great Sandy smoked acoss a stormy foam-capped sea under a two-reefed mainsail and a small headsail under clear blue skies.

One of the most enjoyable sails we've ever had in Great Sandy. :D

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That’s the dream day for sailing right there.

The race captain one said “if we aren’t double reefed begging for a third, we need more wind!” Maybe I’m sick in the head but for me a good window always has higher winds. Glad you all are having fast passages.

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Beautiful!!! Jeff

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glossieblack wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:50 am sailing some 45 nautical miles . . . for nearly six hours
The math works out to support your description of the day as exhilarating, and I suspect it was even more fun than the math suggests!
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Sounds like a fun day of sailing. :wink: :D Tom
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Thanks Jaysen, Jeff, pee wee, and Tom. Yes yeterday was a wonderful sailing experience. :D We awoke this morning with the prospect of a repeat of today.

For just over half of our a 55 nautucal mile leg passaging north-west once again we enoyed great sailing with the south-west winds over our beam. Perfect like yesterday.

Then suddenly the winds dropped out, then became flukey over the stern. We ended up motor-sailing the second half of the leg.

Still one and a half superb beam-sailing days out of two aint bad.' :wink:

First image shows our 55 nautical track north-west from Burnett Heads to Pancake Creek, the second our entry into, and anchorage in, Pancake Creek.

Pancake Creek is a stunning wilderness anchorage. :D

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The child bride and I called a lay day in Pancake Creek today to clebrate our 54th wedding anniversary. :D
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54yrs! Congratulations to you both Michael. :D We are coming up for 46 yrs in October. :)

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