I have
just spent the last 5 days on Rare Bird, the 50' cruising proa, sailing her
up to Coffs Harbour from SW Rock (35 miles) for a big clean up. She was looking
pretty forlorn having sat on the mooring for over a year unused, except for the
swallows who have used her for a rookery. The will (diseased estate) is
being sorted so she can now be listed with a broker to sell. She looks her
old self again.
The
sail up was fairly slow with light winds on the nose but the trip back was a
blast. It started off light but got up to 15 knots from the west giving us 15
knots of boat speed. She is a delight to sail and a lot of fun. I had a very
impressed Australian Multihull journalist onboard so a test article is
coming. His wife was even more impressed (she wants one).
I took a video camera so see the results
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8chR6DAFjGA .
Lousy resolution but you get the idea. Faster sailing is towards the
end.
Mark
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Mark Stephens .
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