Yesterday went on a trip to Carnac Island with my girlfriends dad Nigel an highly experienced sailor and pro Laser racer. It was our first real trip into open water and before we even got out Nigel's Mirage drive got jammed under one of the click n go connectors. We left Woodmans point about 10pm and the trip over took about an hour and 15 min. On the way over we could see flying fish and a possible bait ball I also managed to have my chain slip off the sprocket! The island is as beautiful as always with lots of small birds nesting , reefs and seals. Unfortunately there was also a large contingent of japanese tourists who persisted to annoy the seals, i must admit i was waiting for one of them to get bitten. One of the seals took a liking to my AI and followed me for a while. The trip back to about half the time due to favourable winds, but i did have a fair bit of submarining even with the sail reefed, speed maxed out at 9.8 knots. Nigel's Mirage managed to get jammed again on the way back and i have a sneaking suspicion that one of the locks is bent.
notice the seal checking out Nigel
Some really good looking guy
Nigel trawling
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