Another close race for the Scoring Gate this time, those young-uns on Qingdao and Visit Seattle got there before us so well done Chris, Nikki and your crews.
Yesterday in my quick blog I forgot to mention the whale
sightings. After much consultation of the wall poster we believe them to be
minke whales, and it was pretty cool They were pretty close heading in the same
direction, looked like about three, with one being a smaller one.
Then, as we were sailing along minding our own business, the larger one came up
right behind us, not sure if he/she was warning us off, or just checking us out
as a potential new partner. But anyway, after he/she surfaced behind us and had
a look they too went on along their merry way. Never seen a minke before so the
whole experience was pretty cool.
We are currently crossing Bass Strait, well for the purists it’s not actually Bass Strait but the Tasman Sea but let’s stick to calling it the Bass Strait. It’s all rather pleasant, except another light patch awaits us at the other end. It was around here on the Clipper 2015-16 Race that we came very close to two water spouts, so I’m very happy that this time no such things are around.
We are currently working on a new rap/song. The lyrics have been supplied by Gdog (Graham Wedlake - Leg 1), this one will be a Christmas tune. Stand by, it’s already hilarious, didn’t know I had such talented crew in other fields besides sailing.
For me it’s nearly the home stretch and what do we have to look forward to, a wind hole, then some breeze on the nose just to finish off with.
Not too long hopefully, even with all the zig and zagging that is about to take place.
I can almost see the smiling faces of friends and family and taste that cold white wine. The events in Sydney look fun, can’t wait to arrive.