Melbourne to Port Fairy (M2PF)
Sancerre.
Comes from the Loire Valley and a few nice bottles of it will be what The Brass will be thinking about once they have completed the run to Port Fairy this Easter. You see, The Brass is sailing on Dry White (and there's your link Ross), so it is of no surprise that they have given me the polars from our friends at PredictWind for a Beneteau First 40. Bandit will appreciate that also....
Here's what they had to say, "Looking at the broad weather picture, we have a front approaching, which will give a Westerly breeze for the first part of the journey down the Bay. By race start time, the wind will have turned Sou'westerly with passing showers. So headsails will need changing, reefs will be in and out and wet weather gear will be the order of the day. Don’t forget the tide runs down the coast, so best you get out with the ORCV year book, so you know where to best position your boat."
"By mid afternoon on Friday, we will be at Cape Otway with decisions to be made; tack early and this will take you into the dreaded Moonlight Head. So sail on the low VMG tack, as you will make up the time, a little later. The PredictWind model does not favour rock hopping along the coast either, but has you sailing an extra 20 miles. So Tacticians, (Ed: Notice how The Brass cannot come to the word Naviguesser...) you will need all you skills this week, plus some luck!"
So you know you want to go off with the fairies. This year's race gets underway April 22nd at 0330 from dear old Draper's Reef. Enjoy!!! You can still enter this wonderful race. Go HERE for details.
© John Curnow, ORCV Media
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