After a comfortable night at moorings, breakfast aboard and then departed Gansbaai at 7am to head for Cape Town. Motoring the first hour allowing the SE to settle in.. thereafter motor off, taking it easy poled out the Genoa.. and started sailing in breeze which was in the late teens. The wind eventually went into the mid twenties but very comfortable sailing.. with good speeds. MArk Managed 15 plus knots in this configuration. A Gybe was called for Cape Town, Pole other side.. and with winds touching 30 at times a nice sail to the coast and down the coast where the wind started to drop off.. eventually starting the motor in the Llandando region where the pack up of the started.. Arriving at RCYC just before 6. A fast passage and a definite highlight of the weekend. Aboard were: Dale, Ian and Mark(DWD)
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