The first few days after arrival were spent on CV30 carrying out various aspects of maintenance including mending and replacing various pieces of ropes (sheets, reeking pennants. and halyards), winch servicing and tidying up down below after everything got shaken about during the storms around Tasmania on our way here. There is also quite a lot of work involved with the Sydney Hobart race including radio checks, numbering sails, updating the medical box etc that is keeping us all pretty busy. I have been staying in an hotel about a five minute walk from the marina which has been really convenient, and with sharing a room not too expensive.
Last Friday a team of took out a number of staff from the Sydney UNICEF office plus their guests on a sail around Sydney Harbour, out through The Heads and back again. It was a perfect day for a 'Corporate' and gave me the opportunity to have a relaxed 'pootle' without the stress of racing. These days are often good fun as we get to meet lots of different people, some of whom have never been out on a yacht before. The variety of boats was stunning as we swept through the harbour on our 70 footer including some of the faster yachts in the race, including Ragamuffin, the older and the tiny, in comparison, Lasers.
After the day with UNICEF I left the boat to go and stay with my cousins up in the Blue Mountains - so more of that in Episode 2.
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