A perfect day…

I got up at 4am, weighed anchor and motored up the Ship Channel to get into Hervey Bay. The south-easterly started picking up while I was still in the channel and I made sail and stopped the diesel; bliss…

The kettle soon boiled and a mug of strong coffee and an “Ouma” rusk kept me company as the sun came up. The crew started emerging from their various bunks in drips and drabs after 8am.

As we set course for Rooney Point we came on to the wind, which was now a steady 20 knots, and soon I took two reefs in the main. We raced across Hervey Bay and dropped anchor inside Rooney Point not long after midday. The video says it all…