first day out

Cruising again....

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November 19th 2009
It is good to be back on the water again - after a few glitches we seem to be back in the groove of the cruising life. Our first day out (Friday 13th) we had a great sail down Charlotte Harbour doing 7 knots under just the jib with the wind picking up and the waves building. We reached the narrow dredged channel to our marina destination to discover that the engine was not pumping water (so woul ... read more

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