Mid-winter racing seems to be all the rage. CYCSA in Adelaide hold an annual weekend race across to Port Vincent. We had heard that as many as 20 yachts would be coming our way. How exciting! The westerly conditions resulted in a number of scratchings but around 13 hardy sorts arrived between 1600 and 1830 on Saturday afternoon.
First into the marina was the racing trimaran - Carbon Credit
Gee Whiz (the Whizzer) was the next racer to arrive
Next came Outrageous who we helped into a pen on our wharf
It kept getting darker
We were particularly excited as we thought a sister ship to Zofia was in the fleet. It turned out to be a different Julia; a lovely 40' Dufour Grand Large that arrived.
It seems that Julia's skipper Richard, and Commodore Jonathan from PLYC have a bit of a 'thing' going on the subject of torches. We are not sure of how the banter goes but Richard has a similar LED Lenser torch to ours so we think that we might have the last word. (Ours is the diving version and we like it because it can fit in a pocket plus has a long beam). Bad luck Wendy- we outvote you!
Specialist opinion about a torch
The Bloke had a good chat with the owner of a racer called Gee Whiz. It had an elaborate array of push buttons in front of both helms that automated every sheet, winch, water ballast movement etc... she was Gee Whiz all right! Somehow the conversation turned to fuel and condensation. The skipper who said he owned a fuel company, handed the Bloke a small bottle of an additive. (Compelling credentials for the advice he was about to impart.) We'd only need a 'splosh' apparently and it was not 'aggressive', meaning that it would not do such a great job of microbial destruction that the byproduct would clog the fuel filters as effectively as the contaminants that it was designed to arrest. Full of enthusiasm, the Bloke has given Zofia the magic 'splosh'.
A crew desperately trying to dry their kit in time for the return trip
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