Saturday 7th was D-Day. The weather at Queenscliff was glorious but the forecast was for south westerlies until sunday night which, if we left on sunday morning would only give us 12 hours worth then swinging round to the east...just the direction we were heading. Now the rule of cruising is to sail with the wind behnd the beam so by Capt Sue's reckoning we should head to Port Fairy and enjoy the aftermath of the folk festival. By Capt Bryan and bosun Pete's reckoning we were intending to go to TAssie and thats shere we were going. Mel quietly remained neutral. Given that the worst forecast was 30 kts which would be as we got to Tassie thus not for long Capt Sue aquiessed and thought we'd better get going ASAP to make the nost of the SW wind...ie at 4 am slack on Sunday morning. Admiral will from "Andalucia" is a man of principal and if it blows east go west so his plan was to head to King Island for a nice day hop. Enya opted for a later start , as did Lena. Happy J and Y KNot were already out and headed east to beat the easterlies, not stopping at Queenscliff.
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