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The girls do what they do best - testing equipment (today: the new bean bag)
Our friends Nik and Diana hadn’t been out with us on Vega yet, so we took the chance and planned for a full-day fishing trip to our favorite fishing & cruising grounds, the Limas. The stage was set for 29th of July, with a forecast F2, the HK Observatory with good reason does not give out any wind direction. While we are a sailboat, it does not mean that we can’t motor and motor-sail (although the latter requires more than apparent wind) and we were sure there will be a touch of breeze every now and then. And besides, we wanted fish.
That I’m not opening “the mother of all fishing trips” blog entry with a photo of a fish, should probably be an indication of what did not happen on the trip. Anyway, read more after the break. Read the rest of this entry »
We rose at 0900, though I got up a bit earlier and checked if the fenders were still in place. Rafting overnight with a smaller boat next to you that dances about makes it hard for someone to get rest… I was just waiting for either our rigging to catch eachother or the fenders being scooped up by Skellum but thankfully neither happened.
Anchored in the Sokos - Jan getting ready for a dive
Track Overview
The alarm-clock was set on 5:30 but we all rose earlier to get the last things done. We discovered a few missing seizing wires on the genoa roller on top of the mast the day previous so we had to bring the (furled) sail down and seize the cleavis pins. Luckily there was no wind. We left the marina on time, at 7:15… We motored due south to get into blue water. It took approx 3hrs to get the 22 miles out. Unluckily, there was no wind.
This year’s Stanley Cruise took part end of May. It is a 12 mile windward run to another bay. Our handicap was that it gave us 4 minutes advantage to a couple of Oceanis 40′s, so I guess the handicap wasn’t that bad. Winds were forecast Force 5-6 but everyone in Hong Kong knows that the Observatory is usually off, so it could be anything from F2 to F6. Therefore, and seeing the wind speed in our bay, we came up with full main and a reef in the jib. Big mistake.
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