Reuniting with Easy Tiger

Much banter and email traffic has been exchanged with Easy Tiger over the past weeks. They have resumed their around Australia adventure and reached Lakes Entrance a couple of weeks ahead of us. They were of course claiming bragging rights for having come the furthest East. We needed to convene a protest meeting to discuss their failure to round the marker buoy at both Port Fairy (they sailed right on by) and Constitution Dock, Hobart (they didn't travel south)! There was much to prepare....

The sewing machine was dragged out to quickly sew up a protest flag.

 Since we'd spent 6 months in Tasmania, we'd obviously had plenty of time to grow a second head.

We attached our 'second heads' and put on our Tasmanian 'Stormy' jackets to complete 'the look'.

 Quick, quick. here comes Easy Tiger!

 

 Leanne and Steve, both overcome by the arrival committee.

It's time for hugs.

They were very courteous and acknowledged our protest flag... but where was theirs?

 

 Leanne, enjoying a drop from our 'Taste of Tasmania' glass.

Evidence of our journey.

Having last seen them on June 30, 2014 when we sailed away from Pt Lincoln, we had much to catch up on and the race dispute hearing was convened later on at the pub. Our only misstep was to have another Catamaran owner, in Rob from Easy Rider, act as adjudicator, Doh!