November 2017...

My longest delivery to date at 2850 nm. And welcome aboard new crew member Ben who was a great asset with his vast knowledge of boats, the sea and all things mechanical! Great company and not a bad cook either.

We stopped in Albany for a day to await the smiling new owner and his father in law who joined us for ths last day around to Freo. Once more the weather gods were in our favour and we had great weather the whole way apart from the first day out of the Gold Coast. After speaking with the previous owner, we learnt the sweet spot for this craft was 15kts and above at which speed it rose onto its foils and what a smooth ride we then had....