Official Christening

Monday, 11 July 2011

With all the wet weather in Sydney, we didn't actually officially christen Phase2. Our son Ben was up from Melbourne last weekend so we took Mum and him out for a day on the bay and asked Mum to perform the honours.

It was a beautiful day off Coochie Mudlo and what champagne wasn't poured on the boat went well with lunch.

We are currently busy doing a lot of jobs in preparation for the trip north to Lizard Island in a couple of weeks. For every job I cross off the list, Warren adds 2 more!

Trip Statistics

Some figures for this trip...........
Please note that the mileage and speeds are a bit low as the log is reading low. We need to calibrate before the next trip.
Total days away - 30 days
Total miles travelled - 541 nm
Motor hours - 38 hrs (port and starboard)
Days home from Pittwater - 11 days
Miles from Pittwater - 435 nm
Motor hours from Pittwater - 16 hrs (port and starboard)
Sailing time - 69% (more like 90% if you take out the time to get into and out of anchorages)
Fuel consumption - ?? yet to fill tanks although seems to be about 2l/hr/engine
Average speed - 5.8 kn (this includes time dropping and raising the anchor)
Best sailing average - 6.7 kn from Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour
Max Speed - 9.7 kn on the log
Max wind we sailed in - 31 kn

Home at Last

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Well our trip finished the way it started - cold, wet and windy. We left early to make sure we had enough tide up to Canaipa and to be home before the predicted strong winds later in the day. We motored initially through the narrow channels, then raised the main once we were past Canaipa.

We started with 2 reefs due to the strong wind warning, however removed them after the breeze seemed to have settled in around the 10 to 15 knot mark. Of course this was the sign for the wind to increase and we quickly put them back in as the wind increased to 30 knots. The new TyeTec reefing blocks are working well.

It was a quick sail home and Phase2 was soon tied up in her new berth.

We have a list of jobs to be completed before we head north again in a month or so.