Hong Kong!
Digiboat's "Product Testing"
Simon Blundell
Wed 12 Oct 2011 11:13
22°12.7983N
114°14.3526E
Wed 12/10
1745
Arrived Hong Kong Island and dropped anchor on S side
in Tai Tam Bay right on sunset. Not quite enough time to get to N side of island
and park in Causeway Bay in the daytime. The mooring layout has changed
there so last year's "local knowledge" wouldn't have served me with an
after-dark arrival.
Terrific final leg overnight and today with the
expected 15-20kn trades blasting us along at speeds often in excess of
11kn, and sustained periods over 10kn. Full rig up (jib and two mains) on a
broadreach are hard conditions to beat! Hoping these winds - perhaps a
little stronger - will join us for the race to Vietnam starting on the 18th.
With our IRC rating, the TP52's had better perform! Certainly we'll have a
better ride of it - cappuccinos, hot showers, cooked meals, dry beds - all the
necessities of ocean sailing/racing missing on modern race
yachts!
Was fairly confident I got the navigation right as the
pigeon stayed with us the whole way here - figured if it trusted my sense of
direction then I couldn't be far wrong...
Next entry will be after race start, probably the 19th.
Thanks to all for sailing along with us, and your emails of encouragment, good
wishes (and some envy).
SJB