Tuesday 27th May 2008 – Island Head Creek to Curlew Island

Departed 0630, SE 20 – 25 knots
As we are picking up our eldest son Ben tomorrow, we decided to try to get to Curlew Island (about 75 nm) so we have less to travel tomorrow. Seas very rough as we left the creek but we are finding Next Phase handles them well. New speed record for me 14.8 knots surfing down one of the swells. Warren was in the head (toilet) at the time and found it particularly exhilarating. The wind eased after lunch or so Warren assured me, so we hoisted the spinnaker to keep the speed up. We surfed along at 10, 11, 12 knots until we needed to gybe at Middle Percy Island and decided that the breeze was back over 20 knots so dropped the spinnaker. Print this post