ORCV Melbourne to King Island

Hard work this ocean racing thing...

He of the Countdown Timer managed to get his snapamatic out during the King Island race and we have a couple of shots to share from Jeremy Walton, who is also an ORCV Committee Member. "I wanted to share these to show just how hard this ocean racing stuff can be....", he said.

 "First one is Andrew 'Burger' Burggraaff making a good attempt at winning the 'Z' flag on the way to KI; he didn't win and I am not going to say who did!!!" Ed. Spoil sport.... Reckon I can guess, however and even I am not keen to go there...

"Next couple show Jason Boyle, of Adventureland, doing a great job at the other end of the boat. At this stage we have the big bag up and are going along at around 12-14 knots. As you can see, he has the full support of the rest of the crew, who are ready to jump to it at a moment's notice." Ed. Oh yeah, I am convinced. (Not).

Now clearly Bugs Bunny cartoons on TV are way more interesting than seeing what Jeremy was up to. A magical source sent me this image of Jeremy's shore crew of Karen, Henry and Grace, "just so obviously and tremendously concerned about us all!!!", was Jeremy's response when I showed him. I told him it is because of the tremendous efforts that Race Management go to with sending SMS's to your designated loved ones during the race that there are no frowns... Who knows Jeremy, when you jump ship to go on OR1 to Port Fairy, maybe they'll have to get up and make a cup of tea or get a milk and reflect upon your location at the time. Perhaps...

You know what. He of the Countdown Timer did not put the critical timelines down at the bottom of his email. Tut. Tut...

There will be more.

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	Councillor Island on the left, as seen from the plane... Remember the currents!!!!