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Sailing on Leap Frog
Today is the day that we are going in search of a kit for the fuel lift pump, unfortunatly the original manafactures have decided that you should not service the pump but will sell you a whole new unit, not for us off to the auto stores in search of a seal kit to fix the problem.
The The Gold Coast has been fun and good to catch up with family and friends. The weather has been a little cold however so we will be heading further north this week
Chris

Marine Stadium

Sailing on Leap Frog

After a night of heavy reaching and running in up to about 25 Knots the Leaf frog was doing speeds over the ground of 6-8 knots and at times up to 10 down waves the boat is performing well above our expectations and have had a good quick trip. During the trip we saw heaps of whales, some a little to close for comfort with a whale swimming right under us. There were birds and dolphins along the way and we were lucky to pick up a Bonnito on the way which made for another nice meal. The Gold Coast seaway was entered at about 11:30 on Wednesday morning after almost 3 days at sea. We motored around the corner to an anchorage called Marine Stadium just next to seaworld. We then spend day drying the boat and checking out the Yacht club facilities at Southport. The plan is to stay in the goldcoast for the weekend.

Out at Sea

Sailing on Leap Frog

Mid Passage from Port Mac to Southport
Flying under the evil Kiwi at last – the breeze moderated and we were able to fly the Kite which was great! It has a picture of a Kiwi on it with blood dripping from its claws and blood drip eyes all in red! (Leapfrog was built in NZ of Kauri Ply in the early 60’s based on a Griffin design) The boat has been going quicker than expected and we have had great reaching and running conditions so far so when there was a prediction of no wind and then wind from the North we decided that we should pull in...
A lovely stop in Port Macquarie, we stayed right in the middle of town, as we were told later by the marina guy we had anchored right next to the channel in right near the park. The best way to describe the day in port which started on Sunday at about 9 am when we set anchor after a couple of nights at sea. We enjoyed a great Sunday session which involved lost phones wallets and received comments on the Jolly roger which we have flying. A quick restock of supplies more ice. VB and bread – the main meals are still going strong thanks Mum’s. The bar crossing was done on slack tide on Sunday at the morning low and on Monday on the afternoon high – there was fair bit of current during the middle of the tide. We have has a few running repairs the traveller and hopefully fixed a minor diesel leak. Packing is starting to take less time as we cram all of our stuff onto the vessel. Its Raining now and James and I start our watch 6pm Monday night watchwhich is in less than half an hour It would be nice to stay down below however this will have to be done by Steve and Troy for the next 3 hours.

Sailing on Leap Frog
We have finally departed! After much preparation we managed to sneak away from the dock very late on Thursday (3am) and went and stayed the night in Double Bay. Currently Leapfrog is home to Troy, James, Steve and Chris - along with more stuff than I ever thought was possible to fit into a 31ft boat! - we are down a little on the water line... After a good rest we then realised that half a jar of coffee was just not enough... so up to Edgecliff on the first of may boat to shop missions. We managed to clear the heads at about 16:00 and turned left. The breeze has been about 15 knots from the SW overnight with about 1-1.5m swell (it was a little variable overnight).It is now 0900 Saturday and we are currently about 5 miles from Port Stephens so we have been making good time with speeds over the ground from 5-7 knots. The weather is looking like it will go light tonight however we are going to push on north. The boys have been having a good time with plenty of steering to keep us all amused all are in good spirits and are looking forward to some warmer weather!
Chris

The Frog gets ready to head North

Chris, Stevo, James and Troy depart sydney 16th of July on a great adventure. of the frog all loaded up... well done boys safe voyaging

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Chris and Stevo are getting the Frog ready to head north. Chris will be managing the blog to keep us up with his adventure, so watch this space..





Scott and Tony

Scott in his Sydney to Hobart Gear

We have geared Scott up to keep him warm and dry and visible should he go overboard

Latest Frog Results

RANSA Results 27/11/2009 - DNF - This race showed all seasons in one day - we had a crew of Scott, Tony, Ben, Dave, Burner, and Lee - we started off on a leisurley cruise past the opera house and harbour bridge with a nice gentle 10-15 knots, rounded Fort Denison into about 20-25 knots, then went for the start line - it rained as we cruised up the harbour to our mark, then light rain and then sunshine, light wind then strong wind almost pitch poling us - then as we raced down to the finish line the wind died we were 50 metres from the line and couldn't move - the start boat packed up in front of us and left - so DID NOT FINISH.

RANSA 4/12/2009 - Quiet a different story - Crew Scott, Tony, Anthony and Peter M, we had a good start and consistent winds - we kept up within the middle of the fleet - we finsihed 2nd

ASCC 6/12/2009 - Quiet a nice wind - Crew Scott, Tony, Andrew, Emma, Cartier, and Peter V, we had a nice wind and the Frog powered along, dodging a very busy harbour with fleets of racing boats, ferries, jet boats, and gin palaces - we raced well until confusion at the last mark when we had missed the finish line into the wrong bay - we still won 1st for Leapfrog.