"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...
"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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Got three weeks off work.

Flying to Exmouth tomorrow to the airport that used to service the US
Navy station at Learmonth at midday.

Joining a Beneteau 43 to bring back down the coast to Mandurah.

4 guys - know two of the others but don't know the Brit yet.

21o57'19"S / 114.08.24.64E down to 32o31'24''S / 115o42'54"E.

About 840 miles, though we'll be calling in at Carnarvon, Geraldton,
Jurien Bay and Fremantle along the way which will add to it a bit.

It's a thankless job but someone has to do it!

Back second week of October.

Stay safe and happy.

Hoges in WA



Have a great trip... take pictures! Remember-for every day you're on a
boat with other people, the boat gets a foot shorter.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Hi Jonathan
Back in Bunbury.

Not a good trip - 10 days on the nose. Most uncomfortable and unrelenting.
One guy had to get off in Geraldton due to seasickness.

No big seas, no storms, just pain-in-the-ass poor weather. No fun, no
let-up at all.
We only made two stops and they were not long enough to appreciate the
places we stopped.

I was ill with a virus I couldn't shake from before I left but it went after
the third day. Then, I couldn't get comfortable with a back injury I
sustained two days before I left on a hike with my wife. I fell on some
rocks at the base of Cape Naturaliste and hit my tail bone. (33d 31'
49.60S, 115d 00' 25.58E) )

When it was still painful after I got back, the doc got it x-rayed and we
discovered it has been fractured and displaced inwards.

Overall, an unpleasant October thus far. Probably an indicator as to why
there are so few sailboats in WA. We met a singlehander in Geraldton who
had lived aboard for three years and was circumnavigating Oz - said he was
selling his boat when he got to Perth as WA had done him in.

Still, we all survived with our sense of humour - finished the trip off at
the Little Creatures Brewery in Fremantle before going our separate ways and
letting the cuts and bruises heal.

Hoges in WA