Tuesday 6th March

Cool and drizzly in Hobart.  But we can’t complain – no floods, no evacuation to school gyms like the poor people in Wagga Wagga, Flowerdale etc.  Or the people in the USA being blown away by tornadoes!  A bit of fine, temperate drizzle is perfectly OK.

Pete rang this morning.  They were powering along with headsail and mainsail up and they sounded very happy.  Pete particularly so – he had trounced Steve most convincingly at backgammon, with a series of doubles and lucky (skillful??) throws of the dice.

They should be at Philip Island soon after a night in Welshpool, which Pete said was very pleasant.  At this very moment they are going around Wilson’s Promontory.  I don’t think their trip from Eden was very pleasant, though… They bashed and crashed along, with 35-40 knot winds.  Not fun!  Pete hasn’t told me if they have seen our friendly regional albatross friends, but I must assume they are there, faithfully following 2XS southwards.