Late to rise, but no hurry, as it sunny, and no wind, today is the day for sailing up to Cape Brett, and around the hole in the rock. We left the bay following Dreadnought, and we all put up our sails together, for the sail up the coast. Very little wind, so I switched us to the genoa, and setup everything for light wind. We had a 2-5 knot northerly to start with, maybe the occasional 8 knots, and glassy patches on the water. Amazingly calm conditions.
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We followed Dreadnought for a while, but they seemed to want to sail out to sea, so eventually we tacked onto our own course. We kept in contact by radio, which was pretty fun. My boat excelled in the light stuff, and after a while, we lost sight of Dreadnought. Helen made lunch on the way, and we took turns sailing and eating. Super light wind stuff, with glassy water..
We made it around the hole in the rock, in a light swell, at which point, Abram got sick, due to the heat from the sun, and the motion of the boat motoring. Best thing to do? Set the spinnaker, and that smooths out the motion of the boat downwind. We all got a bit hot, and decided to take turns jumping off the back of the boat, and getting a tow from the boat, while under spinnaker. Awesome fun...
We made it back to Urapukupuku island, and that point we dropped Abram and Helen off, one night on the boat all together was ok, but 4 on my little boat is too much.
Quiet night on the boat (yeah!), another super sunny day expected to follow...
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