RANSA Twilight Race 1

Friday 2nd November 2007 - RANSA Race 1

Crew - Scott, Tony, Ant, Jo, and Justine.

Was a rather wet and miserable day, and Captain Scott spent the day calling the race on and off, the skies cleared and contrary to the weather radar we set sail. With a broken winch, Justine coming down with the flu, and Jo with her keys locked in her car, the crew soldiered on and the crew winched, ballast, spotted and bar bitched to the start line, we had a good start.

We got to Clarke island a half hour into the race and noticed we were going backwards, and some boats where withdrawing from the race, the rain started to fall, and we the Leapfrog crew decided the RANSA bar was a better place to be. Down came the sails, and on went the Yanmar, putter, putter, spit spit we went, then, spit spit spit blurghhhh....... "Oh no", cried Scott "we have no motor", up went the headey and just a whisper of breeze blew us back to the mooring.... A very wet crew had a few ales at RANSA and learnt the whole race had been abandoned.

First Mate Tony has taken the journey to Smithfield and the winch is being serviced and repaired, the mechanic can't make it till next week, so pray for wind on Friday, or we go nowhere. same place, same time Leapfrog Crew.

Why there is a yacht place in Smithfield I do not know, it is almost in the Blue Mountains, although there was some good op shops up there!!!!!